With the security of information a significant concern of many organisations, information security management continues to be an important research topic. Advanced safeguards are required to protect the information assets of not only large but also small and distributed enterprises. Effective approaches to information security management, such as policies and certifications, are required, and must be supported by a range of technical and human-centric measures.

The 19^th Working Conference on Information Security Management, organized by IFIP TC-11 Working Group 11.1 (Information Security Management) and co-hosted with the 41st IFIP SEC conference, invites you to contribute to the next Working Conference by submitting a full paper; short paper (e.g. research in progress); or, proposal for panel discussions and tutorials. Contributions can either be of a practical, industry-focused nature or reports on academic activities.

We welcome submissions from academia, industry and government.  The Working Conference will offer a stream for research in progress short papers that may be particularly suitable for early career researchers and research students to allow research ideas to be explored and feedback obtained in a friendly environment.  There will be ample opportunity to engage in networking to build your contacts.

Submission Guidelines

Submitted papers must be written in English, be original, unpublished, and not submitted to another conference or journal for consideration.  Submissions should be anonymised.  PC members are not required to read the appendices, so the paper should be intelligible without them.

Each paper will receive at least two reviews. At least one author of each accepted paper must register by the registration date and present the paper at the conference.  Refer to our website for submission details.

Accepted papers will be included in the conference proceedings published in the IFIP AICT series by Springer.  Submissions should be at most 14 pages long for full papers, 8 pages for short papers.  Authors must follow the Springer LNCS formatting instructions. For camera-ready papers use Latex or Word format (Author instructions and templates can be found here: https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines).

• Full papers: maximum of 14 pages including references and appendices
• Short papers: maximum of 8 pages including references and appendices

List of Topics

• Developing and implementing effective information security policies
• Establishing and maintaining security culture
• Security governance and compliance
• Strategies for managing security in SME environments
• Methodologies and techniques for certification and accreditation
• Standards for information security management
• Managing technology and people
• Organising and assigning responsibility for security
• Outsourcing information security
• Risk assessment
• Measurement of security
• Requirements for awareness, training and education.
• Evaluation of information security in companies
• Information security surveys and case studies

Event co-chairs

• Murray Jennex, West Texas A&M University, USA (Chair, WG11.1)
• Ella Kolkowska, Örebro University, Sweden (Vice-Chair, WG11.1)
• Paul Haskell-Dowland, Edith Cowan University, Australia (Secretary, WG 11.1)

Publication

Accepted papers will be included in the conference proceedings published in the IFIP AICT series by Springer.

Venue

The conference will be held co-located with the IFIP SEC conference in Perth, Australia

Contact

Please refer to the WISM website for logistics information. All questions about submissions should be emailed to admin-wism19@ifipsec.org