The 2009 ADFSL Conference on Digital Forensics, Security and Law will be held on May 20-22, 2009 in Burlington, Vermont and is calling for papers and proposals in, or related to, the following areas.

CURRICULUM

1)  Digital forensics curriculum

2)  Cyber law curriculum

3)  Information assurance curriculum

4)  Accounting digital forensics curriculum

TEACHING METHODS

5)  Digital forensics teaching methods

6)  Cyber law teaching methods

7)  Information assurance teaching methods

8)  Accounting digital forensics teaching methods

CASES

9)  Digital forensics case studies

10) Cyber law case studies

11) Information assurance case studies

12) Accounting digital forensics case studies

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

13) Digital forensics and information technology

14) Cyber law and information technology

15) Information assurance and information technology

16) Accounting digital forensics information technology

NETWORKS AND THE INTERNET

17) Digital forensics and the Internet

18) Cyber law and the Internet

19) Information assurance and Internet

20) Digital forensics accounting and the Internet

ANTI-FORENSICS AND COUNTER ANTI-FORENSICS

21) Stegonography

22) Stylometrics and Author Attribution

23) Anonymity and Proxies

24) Encryption and Decryption

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

25) International issues in digital forensics

26) International issues in cyber law

27) International issues in information assurance

28) International issues in accounting digital forensics

THEORY

29) Theory development in digital forensics

30) Theory development in information security

31) Methodologies for digital forensic research

32) Analysis techniques for digital forensic and security research

Deadlines

The deadline for submissions is midnight EST, 20 February 2009.

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Submission Types

Short briefing papers: Such papers need not be extensive. A technology or a management briefing on an aspect of digital forensics, information assurance, and/or cyber law would be enough. Such papers will be presented in a round table discussion format. Typical length would be around 1500-2000 words.

Research papers: Such papers need to be extensive. Usually a research question or an argument is posed and subsequently conducted. Empirical work (quantitative or qualitative) would be necessary. Research papers will be presented in a regular conference session. Typical length would be around 5000-6000 words. All research papers will be considered for publication in the Journal of Digital Forensics, Security and Law (JDFSL).

Case Studies: Case studies are typically descriptions of a given digital forensics situation. Names of organizations/actors can be kept anonymous to maintain confidentiality. Typical length would be around 5000-6000 words. All case studies will be considered for publication in the Journal of Digital Forensics, Security and Law (JDFSL).

Panels: Panels and workshop proposals are welcome. These would typically be around 1000 words long and cover a current technology or a controversial issue.

All submissions are double blind peer reviewed.
 

Participants

The primary audience will include individuals who are interested in developing curriculum and teaching methods as well as conducting research related to the areas of digital forensics, security and law. This conference will be of value to both academic and practitioner
audiences.

Submission

Please submit all papers and proposals, or review their status, though our conference system. A link will be provided shortly.

Instructions for authors may be found at the following link:

Author Instructions

The Program Committee Chair is Dr. Linda Volonino.

Linda Volonino may be reached via email at volonino@canisius.edu.

The Chair of the conference is Gary Kessler.   

Gary Kessler may be reached via email at gary.kessler@champlain.edu.    

Best Papers

Selected papers from the conference will be considered for inclusion in the following journal:

• Journal of Digital Forensics, Security and Law