Iccws 2019 Proceedings

These proceedings represent the work of contributors to the 14th International Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security (ICCWS 2019), jointly hosted by Stellenbosch University and the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), South Africa on 28 February - 1 March 2019. The Conference Chair is Noëlle van der Waag-Cowling from Stellenbosch University and the Programme Chair is Prof. Louise Leenen, from the University of the Western Cape. ICCWS is a well-established event on the academic research calendar and in its 14th year the key aim remains the opportunity for participants to share ideas and meet the people who hold them. The scope of papers will ensure an interesting two days. The subjects covered illustrate the wide range of topics that fall into this important and ever-growing area of research. We would like to thank the support of the South African chapter of the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA). This year at ICCWS there will be four keynote addresses by a number of prominent academics in the field as well as insights from practice. Sascha Bachmann from Bournemouth University, UK will speak on the topic of Hybrid Conflict as 21st Century Conflict. We will have an address by Dr. Edward L. Mienie from the University of North Georgia, Dahlonega, USA who will talk about The Role of Cyber in National and Global Human Security. A talk from Dr John Hurley will focus on The Evolving Demands of a Data-Driven Society: The New Cyber Challenge. A keynote will be given by Theodorus Brigadier (Piet) Pieterse from the South African Police Service giving insights into Cybercrime Investigation. With an initial submission of 163 abstracts, after the double blind, peer review process there are 58 Academic research papers, 6 PhD research papers, 9 Masters Research papers, 1 non-academic paper and 2 work-in-progress papers published in these Conference Proceedings. These papers represent research from Austria, China, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, Germany, Mozambique, Namibia, Netherlands, Nigeria, Russia, South Africa, Sweden, Taiwan, United Kingdom and the United States of America.

These proceedings represent the work of contributors to the 16th International Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security (ICCWS 2021), hosted by joint collaboration of Tennessee Tech Cybersecurity Education, Research and Outreach Center (CEROC), Computer Science department and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee on 25-26 February 2021. The Conference Co-Chairs are Dr. Juan Lopez Jr, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee, and Dr. Ambareen Siraj, Tennessee Tech’s Cybersecurity Education, Research and Outreach Center (CEROC), and the Program Chair is Dr. Kalyan Perumalla, from Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee.

This book gathers selected high-quality research papers presented at the Eighth International Congress on Information and Communication Technology, held at Brunel University, London, on 20–23 February 2023. It discusses emerging topics pertaining to information and communication technology (ICT) for managerial applications, e-governance, e-agriculture, e-education and computing technologies, the Internet of Things (IoT) and e-mining. Written by respected experts and researchers working on ICT, the book offers a valuable asset for young researchers involved in advanced studies. The work is presented in four volumes.

Studying Jihadism is an endeavor facing several problems. For many researchers and the reading public it is difficult to accept that Jihadists do have a theology of their own and not some kind of ideology. Understanding that a phenomenon of communication that is done to a large extent in Arabic is not to be understood if research is done communication translated into or written in English. Saying it is al out there in the Internet without understanding Internet communication will help to understand terrorist phenomena like Jihadism. Ignoring that there is Jihadism IS and al-Qa'ida will guarantee that research will not be able to see the broad range of Jihadism. Last but not least, research not interested in the technologies, practices, etc., Jihadists use to commit terrorist attacks, cannot claim to study Jihadism. The contributions in this book provide knowledge in all these fields: based on Arabic language sources, theological aspects, Internet communication, groups usually ignored, the role of infographics, technical aspects, and covert and intelligence actions.