Call for Papers
Special Issue on "Decision Making on Information Security Strategy & Technology"
International Journal of Innovative Computing, Information and Control (IJICIC)
Indexed by SCIE, JCR, ISI Alerting Services, Ei Compendex, Scopus, INSPEC.

An information security strategy is a plan of action designed to minimize the risk in information
environments while complying with legal, contractual, and organizational requirements.
To achieve the specific goal of the security strategy, the selection and introduction of the security
technology should be conducted efficiently.
This special issue aims to solve the difficult problems that decision analysts and decision makers
easily face in information environments when they try to make a decision on information security strategy
and technology by providing practical and well-focused research results based on the decision theory and
information technology.


Topics of interests focus on, but are not limited to:
Evaluation or assessment models for the security strategy and systems
Investment decision on the security systems and technology
Strategy planning for the security systems and technology
Group decision process and models for the complex decision on security issues
Case studies on decision making on the security strategy and technology
Legal or ethical issues in information security strategy and technology


Important dates for the special issue:
Due date for prospective papers: 31 July 2011
Notification of first review: 30 September 2011
Due date of revised manuscripts: 31 October 2011
Final notification: 15 December 2011
Publication: To be determined by the Editorial Office of IJICIC


Reviewing process:
The Guest Editor will make an initial determination of the suitability of the manuscript.
Papers that lack clarity in presentation or are outside the scope of the special issue will not be
sent for review. Otherwise, the manuscript will be sent to at least three competent referees.
Based on reviews, the Guest Editor will determine whether the manuscript
should be accepted, accept with minor revision, accept with major revision or rejected.
Then the Guest Editor will recommend all acceptable papers to the Editor-in-Chief, who will make a final
publication decision and inform the authors by the journal office.


Submission guideline:
The submitted papers must not have been previously published or be currently under consideration for
publication elsewhere.
Paper preparation guidelines can be found in any issue of the journal or the
following link: http://www.ijicic.org/information.htm
There may be the page charges for published articles according to the journal policy.
The original typescript should be submitted electronically as MS Word file or Adobe PDF file
to the guest editor via email.
For more information, please contact the guest editor:


Guest editor:
Prof. Sangkyun Kim, Ph.D
Department of Industrial Engineering
Kangwon National University, Korea
e-mail: saviour@kangwon.ac.kr