CALL
FOR PAPERS
2007 Forum on
Financial Information Systems and Cyber
Security: A Public Policy Perspective
The information revolution has not only introduced new technologies,
but has changed the way business is conducted.
Economic transactions increasingly take place via digital electronic
activities focused primarily on the interconnectivity obtained via the
Internet. A critical part of this
interconnectivity is the way organizations have integrated their accounting and
financial management systems with Internet–based applications. The importance of the Internet to private and
public organizations is well known.
As a result of the
above noted developments, cyber security has moved to center stage. Indeed, cyber security (with its emphasis on
information and computer security) has itself become a key issue for private
and public organizations in the digital economy. The public policy implications of cyber
security are now being actively debated.
The activities of the
In
order to help form and resolve the debate concerning the relations among
financial systems, cyber security, and public policy, the Journal of
Accounting and Public Policy -
http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/505721/description#description -is pleased to announce that it
will sponsor the third annual Forum on the topic. The title of the forthcoming Forum is: Financial
Information Systems and Cyber Security: A Public Policy Perspective. The Forum will be held at the University of
Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business, in cooperation with the Center
for Public Policy and Private Enterprise (from Maryland’s School of Public
Policy), on Wednesday, May 23, 2007.
Coordinators for the Forum are
For preferential
consideration, papers for the Forum should be submitted by March 1, 2007 to
either Dr. Lawrence A. Gordon (lgordon@rhsmith.umd.edu)
or Dr. Martin P. Loeb (mloeb@rhsmith.umd.edu) at the University
of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business, College Park, MD 20742. Authors of papers submitted will be notified
as to whether their papers have been accepted for presentation by Tuesday, April 3, 2007. At the request of the authors, papers
selected for presentation at the Forum will receive consideration for
publication in a forthcoming the Journal of Accounting and Public Policy.
The Forum is intended to encourage
the exchange of ideas among a small group of researchers and executives who
share a common interest in issues related to Financial Systems and Cyber
Security. Submitted papers should include
a one-paragraph biography of the person who will be presenting the paper, if it
were to be accepted for the Forum.