Secau 2012

“Sense-making in an age of increasing data and scant information”
The secau Security Congress hosts 6 security based conferences over 3 days. The 2012 secau Security Congress aims to draw together all areas of security professions and disciplines as part of a holistic engagement with the wider security discourse. The modern security environment is complex and increasingly becoming integrated into heterogeneous digital systems that collect and produce vast amounts of data. The active monitoring of these digital systems makes subsequent sense making and situational awareness within the modern security environment harder to achieve.

This problem is primarily due to the information overloads brought on by increased data flows from our new environments. The aim of this conference is to explore methods which help in reducing this morass of data and turning this data into discrete, timely information that can correctly inform our situational awareness and enable us to make sense of our security environments.


 * The conference streams are :

13th Australian Information Warfare Conference
The aim the conference is to inform participants on research and practice in traditional and contemporary applications of information warfare. Information warfare is becoming an increasingly diverse discipline that exists within a constantly changing social environment. The evolution of warfare techniques and the global use of information and networked communications have seen a shift from the more traditional military domain to wider application into the corporate world and global society.

10th Australian Information Security Management Conference
Information security is the central core of security, namely to maintain confidentiality, availability and integrity. In an environment of rapid change, increasing reliance on remote access to information and the increasing adoption of online services, it is essential to discuss and discover new processes for the protection of information. The aim of the conference is to encourage the dissemination of research to all stakeholders in the information security sphere of influence, including security practitioners, academics, law enforcement and management.

10th Australian Digital Forensics Conference
The changing use of information technology by an increasing number of users constantly presents new challenges for digital forensics practitioners. These include: increasing use of social media services, greater download speeds, new types of storage and an increasing variety of small devices with storage capability. Further confounding the issue is the increasing use of information technology for illicit or illegal activities. These challenges make ongoing research and engagement an essential part of being a digital forensic practitioner or researcher. The aim of the conference is to foster the exchange of information and increase knowledge amongst the digital forensics community.

5th Australian Security and Intelligence Conference
The aim of the Conference is to provide a multi-disciplined conference directed towards the research and practice of Security Science. For the purpose of the conference, disciplines may include strategic studies, international politics, criminology, business and management, information science, political science, etc. Nevertheless, the conference focuses on further exploring the core areas of Security Science.

3rd Australian Counter Terrorism Conference
Terrorism and Counter terrorism studies is a varied and interdisciplinary field incorporating psychology, social and behavioural studies, defence studies, security studies, intelligence, political science, international relations and law enforcement. The aim of the Conference is to bring together academics, practitioners, policy makers and experts from these various disciplines in a forum to exchange ideas and stimulate discussion. The conference focuses on new approaches to the contemporary security environment.

1st Australian eHealth Informatics and Security Conference
The aim of AeHIS 2012 is to encourage the dissemination of research to all stakeholders in the ehealth informatics and ehealth information security field, and to promote discussion on the issues and solutions that are being developed nationally and internationally.

All papers submitted to these conferences are double blind peer reviewed. Selected papers will be considered for publication in the Journal of Information Warfare and Journal of Network Forensics.

Important Dates

 * Paper Submission Deadline
 * 30 September, 2012
 * Acceptance Notification
 * 28 October, 2012
 * Camera ready papers
 * 11 November, 2012
 * Early Bird Registration
 * 4 November, 2012

Conference Fees

 * Full Fee - $725.00
 * Early Bird - $650.00 (before 4 November, 2012)
 * Full-time Student - $380.00
 * 1 Day only rate -$300.00

Affiliated Associations receive 10% discount (ACS, AISA, ANZFSS, AIPIO, ASIS, AIIA, ASIAL)

For further information visit the secau congress website http://conferences.secau.org or email the Congress Coordinator, Lisa McCormack at secau@ecu.edu.au