ICCWS 2022 Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security

These proceedings represent the work of contributors to the 17th International Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security (ICCWS 2022), hosted State University of New York at Albany, USA on 17-18 March 2022. The Conference Chair is Dean Robert P. Griffin, College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security, and Cyber Security (CEHC), and the Program Co-Chairs are Dr. Unal Tatar, from University at Albany and Dr. Benjamin Yankson, from College of Emergency Preparedness Homeland Security and Cybersecurity

ICCWS is a well-established event on the academic research calendar and now in its 17th year, the key aim remains the opportunity for participants to share ideas and meet the people who hold them. The scope of papers will ensure an interesting two days. The subjects covered illustrate the wide range of topics that fall into this important and ever-growing area of research.



The opening keynote presentation is given by Heather Hage, Griffiss Institute (GI), USA. There will be an address later in the morning by Tony Sager, Senior Vice President & Chief Evangelist, Center for Internet Security, USA on the topic of Stranger in a Changed Land. The second day of the conference will open with an address by Col. Jeffrey Erickson, the director of the Army Cyber Institute. His talk is entitled Developing the Critical Capabilities Needed to Respond to Cyber Attacks on Modern Cities.



With an initial submission of 120 abstracts, after the double blind, peer review process there are 52 Academic research papers, 7 PhD research papers, 10 Masters Research papers and 2 work-in-progress papers published in these Conference Proceedings. These papers represent research from Australia, Canada, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Kosovo, Malaysia, Netherlands, Norway, Pakistan, Qatar, South Africa, Sweden, the UK and the USA