Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Information Warfare and Security : ICIW 2012

These Proceedings are the work of researchers contributing to the 7th International Conference on Information Warfare and Security (ICIW 2012), hosted this year by the Center for Information Assurance and Cybersecurity, University of Washington University, Seattle, USA. The Conference Chair is Dr. Barbara Endicott-Popovsky, and the Programme Chair is Dr. Volodymyr Lysenko, both from the Center for Information Assurance and Cybersecurity.

The opening keynote address this year is given by Kirk Bailey, from CISO, University of Washington, Seattle, USA,. The second day will be opened by Dr. Eneken Tikk-Ringas, from the University of Toronto, Munk School of International Affairs, Toronto, Canada.

An important benefit of attending this conference is the ability to share ideas and meet the people who hold them. The range of papers will ensure an interesting and enlightened discussion over the full two day schedule. The topics covered by the papers this year illustrate the depth of the information operations’ research area, with the subject matter ranging from the highly technical to the more strategic visions of the use and influence of information.

With an initial submission of 76 abstracts, after the double blind, peer review process there are 46 papers published in these Conference Proceedings, including contributions from Czech Republic, India, Iran, Japan, Netherlands, Nigeria, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, South Africa, Taiwan, Turkey, United Kingdom, USA and Zimbabwe.

I wish you a most enjoyable conference.

March 2012

Volodymyr Lysenko

Washington University

Programme Chair