As the regulatory and physical boundaries between hard and soft assets continue to be re-defined in the legal, governmental, and public commons; what implications occur for nation-states and non-state actors as information, itself, becomes a discrete and frangible component of formal infrastructures?

This Mini-Track will examine the above question by presenting and discussing original academic work that treats implications in the following lanes:

· Communications / information operations
· Active defense / offensive operations
· Security policy architectures

· Reviews of literature 2005-15; documented outcomes from exfiltrations; Documented (unclassified) Title 10/Title 50 (US), active defense, Canadian, EU, and Australian case studies; Cross-agency analyses and cross-governmental analyses are all encouraged.
Chaired by: Ms. Larisa Breton, MPS, FullCircle Communications

Submissions can be made on-line directly on the Abstract submission page at
http://academic-conferences.org/iccws/iccws2016/iccws16-call-papers.htm#Breton

The Conference is interested in the entire range of concepts from theory to practice, including case studies, works-in-progress, and conceptual explorations.

Publication opportunity
Papers accepted for the conference will be published in the conference proceedings, subject to author registration and payment.

Selected papers that have been presented at the Conference will be considered for publication in:

A special issue of the Journal of Information Warfare: http://www.jinfowar.com
The International Journal of Cyber Warfare and Terrorism (IJCWT) published by Information Resources Management Association, USA.( DOI: 10.4018/IJCWT, ISSN: 1947-3435, EISSN: 1947-3443).
The International Journal of Electronic Security and Digital Forensics published by Inderscience UK (ISSN:1751-1911X).