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(Manuscript Proposal Submission Deadline: November 30, 2005)

Managing Information Assurance in Financial Services

Editors: H.R Rao^L, Manish Gupta^P and S. Upadhyaya ^f
L Professor, Management of Information Systems, State University of New York at Buffalo
^P Executive, Information Security, M&T Bank Corporation, Buffalo
^f Associate Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, State University of New York at Buffalo
 

Contents:
1. Introduction
2. Overall Objectives
3. Recommended Topics and Themes
4. Submission Procedure
5. Important Dates
6. Contact

Introduction
 While advances in information technology and adoption of Internet as a services delivery channel have enabled financial services institutions to provide more convenient financial services, they have also diversified and complicated the nature of risks. Financial services institutions are actively utilizing the Internet to operate and provide financial services to consumers, to businesses and to other service institutions. Advances in Internet technology have also provided a new and different business and risk environment than traditional direct-contact “brick and mortar” models. Financial services firms have to adopt the benefits and competitive advantages that information technology developments offer, to remain viable and competitive in the business environment. At the same time, risks and challenges to develop and maintain a secure and safe computing environment have never held such high stakes.

Overall objectives
 The book will provide high-quality research, industry and practice articles in the area of information assurance in the financial services industry. The main focus of the book is to provide insights into current information security measures – technology, processes and compliance – being researched on or deployed in financial services institutions. The book will host topics such as aspects of securing systems, infrastructure and applications and real- world deployments.

Recommended topics and themes
  Original papers on all aspects of information security in financial services institutions are invited. Submissions must not duplicate work that any of the authors has published elsewhere or submitted in parallel to any other conference or workshop with proceedings.
Possible topics covering all aspects of securing information in financial services institutions may include (but are not limited to):

• Payment and Micro-payment systems

• Secure Transaction Architectures and Data Governance Technologies

• Fraud Detection and Prevention

• Secure IT Infrastructure

• Secure Banking

• Information Security Outsourcing

• Anonymity, Privacy, ID theft and Ethics

• Phishing, Pharming and other social engineering attacks

• Security Education, Training and Awareness

• Identity Access and Management

• Risk Management Strategies and Best Practices

• Legal Issues and Regulatory Compliance

• Trends, Development and Future of Security Threats

• Security Life Cycle Management

• Integrity and Internal Controls in Financial Systems

• Security Products and Security of Commercial Products

• Case Studies for Security Implementation or Program Management

• Security and Trust Management Architectures, Mechanisms and Policies

• Network, Platform and Application Security

• Security Economics

• Security Auditing, Covert Channels and Accountability

SUBMISSION PROCEDURE
  Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before November 30, 2005, a 2 to 3 page manuscript proposal clearly explaining the mission and concerns of the proposed chapter. Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by December 31, 2005 about the status of their proposals and sent chapter organizational guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be submitted by April 30, 2006. All submitted chapters will be reviewed by at least two reviewers on a blind review basis. The book is scheduled to be published by Idea Group, Inc., http://www.idea-group.com, publisher of the Idea Group Publishing, Information Science Publishing, IRM Press, CyberTech Publishing and Idea Group Reference imprints.

Important dates:

Please e-mail all inquiries and proposal submissions to mgupta@mandtbank.com