The conference is scheduled for April 18-20, 2017, in Las Vegas, NV, USA. The 16th Annual Security Conference is part of the Vegas Conferences organized by the Information Institute. Co-organizers for the 2017 event are Virginia Commonwealth University, Plymouth University, The University of South Carolina and DePaul University. Administrative offices for the conference are at Virginia Commonwealth University. Conference theme for 2017 is: Discourses in Cybersecurity.

Security, assurance and privacy challenges are abound. Advances in information and communication technologies have brought many security problems to the fore. Such problems may be technical in nature or organizationally grounded. Whatever be the nature and scope of the security problems, there is a need to engage in discourses pertaining to security, assurance and privacy. To that effect we welcome participation in the 16th Annual Security Conference.
Topic areas covered in the conference include, but are not limited to the following:
Cyber security in specific sectors (healthcare, banking, government etc)
Cyber terrorism
Digital forensics
Electronic espionage
Ethical and legal aspects of security
Intrusion detection and prevention
IT audit and control
Risky habits risky behaviors
Security and BYOD
Security breaches and data analytics
Security governance
Security in social media and online communities
Security policies
Socio-technical aspects of security
System vulnerabilities and risk exposure
Technology enabled crime
Publishing opportunity: All submissions are considered for possible fast tracking in the following academic journals: Journal of Information System Security, European Journal of Management Studies, Information and Computer Security. If your paper is not fast tracked, it will still get published in an edited book.