Dear Colleagues,

The Special Issue “Cybersecurity, Threat Analysis and the Management of Risk” aims to bring together researchers from various fields of study, across academia and industry, to provide insights into the cybersecurity issues and challenges that managers within organizations and policymakers are generally confronted with. A key focus of the Special Issue will be to show how researchers are investigating the various forms of cyber threats that exist and how they are deriving solutions to current and unexpected acts of cybercrime. It is envisaged that a range of papers will be forthcoming that cover various perspectives of the topic. For example, papers of a quantitative nature as well as papers of a qualitative nature are welcome. Papers may be theoretical, empirical, written in the form of a literature review or presented as a case study. The main emphasis is to have a collection of papers that broaden the scope and interpretation of cybersecurity so that the threats identified can be prioritized and the risk established. Of interest is a mix of theoretical and applied papers outlining current knowledge and offering unique solutions or interpretations of the subject matter; alternatively, critique based on the facts established would be appreciated.      

The Special Issue will complement the existing literature and broaden our knowledge by placing cybersecurity within a wider context. The papers submitted are expected to cover a number of academic fields and link concepts and models with management applications and government policy. Papers can be very specific in nature or broad-based and need to be of interest to various audiences including academics, researchers, students, business practitioners and government representatives. 

Potential topics include, but are not limited to the following:

Artifical intelligence and human interaction;

Big data—in the context of management systems, government guidelines and policies and keeping data secure;

Cognitive prcoesses and learning;

Cybercrime and its various forms;

Cybersecurity challenges and solutions;

Cyberterrorism and the nature of the threat;

Cyberwarfare in the context of new approaches to warfare;

Impact analysis and how to undertake it;

Information management and the role of the risk manager;

Information systems and how to secure intra- and intercompany connections;

People and technology and identifying vulnenerabilites;

Risk analysis and various approaches;

Risk managament and associated responsibilities;

Strategy and planning in the context of dealing with risk and uncertainty;

Threat analysis and how it is managed;

Scenario analysis and planning in the context of dealing with crises.

Dr. Peter R.J. Trim
Dr. Yang-Im Lee
Guest Editors

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• artifical intelligence
• big data
• the cloud, cognitive prcoesses
• cybercrime
• cybersecurity
• cyberterrorism
• cyberwarfare
• data storage
• impact analysis
• information management
• information systems
• people and technology
• risk analysis
• risk management
• strategy and planning
• threat analysis
• scenario analysis and planning