Intelligence and the Cyber Environment (ICE) 2014 is the Brunel Centrefor Intelligence and Security Studies’ annual forum on intelligence,surveillance and security in the cyber operational domain. Its aim is to draw technology, policy and doctrinal discourses together and to encourage dialogue between the traditionally separate worlds ofindustry and technology and of national security policy.

As an operational domain cyber continues to transform, challenging our abilityto achieve effective situational awareness and reliable intelligence. The largelyregulatory regimes that provide known and validated cyber lanes ofcommunication cover a shrinking portion of the infosphere. At the same time,the volume of networked trafic not merely between people but between devices– the ‘internet of things’ – threatens an overwhelming information overload thatcan create its own form of blindness. As a result, effectively providing both theprotection of privacy on the one hand and effective and transparent legitimatesurveillance presents an increasingly intractable challenge.

For ICE 2014 we invite technical and policy papers addressing themes such as:

1. Intelligence and surveillance techniques and strategies to cope with ‘the fog’and areas of ‘no man’s land’ between national jurisdictions in the so-called‘cloud’;

2. Developing or improving multi- and transnational regulatory frameworks tomanage privacy across the global information space;

3. Technological options for improving both surveillance and the transparencyof surveillance;

4. International trust, collaboration and sharing privacy techniques andtechnologies to achieve interoperability and pursue comprehensive globalcoverage.

In particular, we seek policy papers that speak to the awareness of thetechnology community and technical papers that will inform and enrich policydeliberations.

Proposals should consist of a 500-word abstract in PDF or Word format, andinclude the name, afiliation and contact information of the author(s). Pleaseemail to Myron Varouhakis (myron.varouhakis@brunel.ac.uk)

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 1 September, 2014

CONFERENCE DATE: 21 November, 2014, Brunel University Hosted by:

ICE 2014 CALL FOR PAPERS

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