Journal of Information Assurance and Security (JIAS)

Editorial Board

Editor-in-Chief

School of Computer Science and Engineering
Chung-Ang University,
221, Heukseok-dong,

Dongjak-gu, Seoul 156-756, Korea

Tel: +82-2-820-5352

Fax: +82-2-815-7906

eFax: +1-615-694-4607
Email: ajith.abraham@ieee.org

Co-Editor-in-Chief

M. Sambandham 
Department of Mathematics, 
Morehouse College
Atlanta, GA 30314, USA

Managing Editor

Yu-Chen Hu
Department of Computer Science and Information Management
Providence University, Taiwan

Editorial Board

F. Adelstein, ATC-NY, USA

G. Ahn, University of N. Carolina at Charlotte, USA

R. Alhajj, University of Calgary, Canada

D.P. Agrawal, University of Cincinnati, USA

M. Dacier, Institut Eurécom, France

A. Farooq, Telecordia Technologies Inc., USA

K. Franke, Fraunhofer IPK, Germany

D. Frincke, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA

C. Grosan, Babes-Bolyai University, Romania

M.S. Hwang, National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan

K. Kurosawa, Ibaraki University, Japan

N. Nedjah, State University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

J.S. Pan, National Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences, Taiwan

C. Peng, Morehouse College, USA

A. Piva, University of Florence, Italy

D. Pointcheval, ENS - DI, France

M. Rak, Università di Napoli Federico II, Italy

S. Sanyal, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, India

A. Saxena, IDRBT, India

J. Seberry, University of Wollongong, Australia

T. Seppänen, University of Oulu, Finland

S. Tate, University of North Texas, USA

J. Thomas, Oklahoma State University, USA

S. Venkatesan, University of Texas, Dallas, USA

B.S. Verkhovsky, New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA

R. Vemuri , University of California, Davis, USA

D. Xu, North Dakota State University, USA

M. I. Yagüe, University of Malaga, Spain

N. Zhang, University of Manchester, UK

ISSN 1554-1010

JIAS Archive

Volume 1 (2006)

Issue 1 (Online)

Issue 2

Issue 3

Issue 4

Volume 2 (2007)

Issue 1

Issue 2

Issue 3 (online)

Issue 4 (online)

Volume 3 (2008)

Issue 1 (Online)

Issue 2 (Online)

Issue 3 (Online)

Issue 4 (Online)

Volume 4 (2009)

Issue 1

Issue 2

Published by

Dynamic Publishers Inc., USA

Editorial inquiries should be directed to the Editor-in-Chief

Aim and Scope

The global economic infrastructure is becoming increasingly dependent upon information technology, with computer and communication technology being essential and vital components of Government facilities, power plant systems, medical infrastructures, financial centres and military installations to name a few. Finding effective ways to protect information systems, networks and sensitive data within the critical information infrastructure is challenging even with the most advanced technology and trained professionals.

JIAS is a peer reviewed international journal with a key objective to provide the academic and industrial community a medium for presenting original research and applications related to information assurance and security. JIAS invites authors to submit their original and unpublished work that communicates current research on information assurance and security regarding both the theoretical and methodological aspects, as well as various applications in solving real world information security problems.

Journal Topics

Topics of interest include but not limited to:

Authentication

Data protection

Computer forensics

Internet and www security

Information and data integrity

Intrusion detection

Data and system integrity

Authorization and access control

Information warfare and cyber-terrorism

Security models and architectures

Secure software engineering

Risk analysis and risk management

Security verification

Cryptography and coding

Cryptographic protocols

E-commerce protocols

Agent and mobile code security

Security in sensor networks

Biometrics

Key management

Homeland security

Wireless and ad hoc network security

Information security management

Database and system security

Denial of service

Guidelines for Contributors

JIAS publishes two types of articles: regular papers and brief papers. Review management is primarily under the direction of an associate editor, who will solicit reviews for each submission. The associate editor will ordinarily make a recommendation after receiving three independent reviews. To avoid delays in processing your paper, please follow these guidelines.

Submission of Manuscripts (New Submission System - From May 01, 2009)

All correspondence concerning submissions is between the author and the Editor-in-Chief. To submit your paper for consideration, visit the web submission system found at:

http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=jias20xx

There you can create a new account or use an existing one if you have one, and submit a first draft of a new manuscript. JIAS is devoted primarily to archival reports of work that have not been published elsewhere. Specifically, conference records and book chapters that have been published previously are not acceptable unless and until they have been enhanced significantly. Please ensure that in the cover letter (comments to editor-in-chief)you state that the work being submitted has not been published elsewhere, nor is it under review currently by another publication. Please follow the style files given in the following links. Papers should not exceed a maximum of 20 pages.

Submitted papers must be in English and should not have been published elsewhere or being currently under consideration by any other journal. Authors should submit the electronic version of their papers in postscript or PDF formats via the journal web site. Authors should submit the electronic version of their papers in postscript or PDF formats via journal submission form. If you have any problems with the submission please send an email to the Managing Editor.

The final decision on publication is made by the Editor-in-Chief upon recommendation of an Associate Editor and / or an Editorial Board Member. If the manuscript is accepted for publication in JIAS, it must not be published in any periodical elsewhere without the permission of the Editor-in-Chief.

Special Issues

From time to time, Guest Editors are invited to produce Special Issues consisting of some articles grouped around a common theme. Proposals for Special Issues are welcome, as are Guest Editorials and Announcements.

Publication and Open Access Fees

JIAS is a open access journal starting 2008. To manage the various costs associated with the Journal management, from 2009, authors of all accepted papers will have to pay a manuscript handling fees of €100.00/manuscript. This will cover the charges for 1 manuscript (no page limitations) in the JIAS format. Authors/ or their institutions will be invoiced accordingly once the papers are accepted.

Please follow this link for online payment

Copyright Forms

Each manuscript must be accompanied by a statement that it has been neither published nor submitted for publication, in whole or in part, either in a serial, professional journal or as a part in a book which is formally published and made available to the public. For the mutual benefit and protection of authors and publishers it is necessary that authors provide formal written consent to publish and transfer of copyright before the publication of the article.

JIAS copyright form in MS Word: Copyright form

Frequency of Publication

Journal of Information Assurance and Security (ISSN 1554-1010) is published quarterly by Dynamic Publishers, Inc, Atlanta, GA 30362, USA, in the months of March, June, September, and December.

Abstracted/Indexed in

Articles published in Journal of Information Assurance and Security are indexed or
abstracted in: Computer Abstracts; Computer & Control Abstracts; Computer Information
System Abstracts; Computer Literature Index; Computer Review; Ergonomics Abstracts;
Abstract Journal; USSR Academy of Sciences; Zentrablat fÜr Mathematik/Mathematics
Abstracts; Mathematical Reviews; Current Mathematical Publications; MathSci.

No part of Journal of Information Assurance and Security may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without written permission from the publisher. Journal of Information Assurance and Security has been registered with the Copyright Clearance Center (CCC) Transactional Reporting Services. Consent is given for coping of articles for personal or internal use, or for the personal use of specific clients provided that the base fee $05.00 (per copy, per article) is paid directly to CCC, 27 Congress St., Salem, MA 01970, USA. For those organizations that have been granted a photo copy license by CCC, a separate system of payment has been arranged. The fee code for users of the Transactional Reporting Service is 1060 5369/93 $03.50.