Forwarded from: Theodore Stergiou <tsterg (at) yahoo.co.uk> Apologies for multiple reception ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Wiley just launched a new journal titled "Security and Communication Networks". For more info, please check its home at http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/jtoc/114299116/. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- CFP for Special Issue on Clinical Information Systems (CIS) Security Wiley InterScience Security and Communication Networks Journal Background ---------- Managing records of patient care has become an increasingly complex issue with the widespread use of advanced technologies. The vast amount of information for every routine care must be securely processed over different data bases. Clinical Information Systems (CIS) address the need for a computerized approach in managing personal health information. Hospitals and public or private health insurance organizations are continuously upgrading their database and data management systems to more sophisticated architectures. The possible support of the large patient archives and the flexibility of a CIS in providing up-to-date patient information and worldwide doctors collaboration, have leveraged the research on CIS both in academic and government domains. At the same time, it has become apparent that patients require more control over their clinical data, either being results of clinical examinations or medical history. Due to the large amount of information that can be found on the Internet and the free access to medical practitioners and hospitals worldwide, patients may choose to communicate their information so as to obtain several expert opinions regarding their conditions. Given the sensitive nature of the information stored and inevitably in transit, security has become an issue of outmost necessity. Numerous EU and US research projects have been launched to address security in CIS (e.g. EUROMED, ISHTAR, RESHEN), whereas regulatory compliance to acts such as the HIPAA has become an obligation for centers moving to CIS. This Special Issue will serve as a venue for both academia and industry individuals and groups working in this fast-growing research area to share their experiences and state-of-the-art work with the readers. Scope of Contributions ---------------------- The topics of interest in this Special Issue include, but are not limited to: * Authentication techniques for CIS * Authorization mechanisms and approaches for patient-centric data * Public Key Infrastructures to support diverse clinical information environments and networks * Cryptographic protocols for use to secure patient-centric data * Secure communication protocols for the communication of clinical data * Wireless sensor networks security * Body sensor networks security * CIS Database security * Interoperability across diverse CIS environments (national and multilateral) * Government and international regulatory and compliance requirements Submission and Review --------------------- All submissions will be peer reviewed by at least three experts working in the areas. Articles should be written in a style comprehensible to readers outside the specialty of the article conforming to the standards of Security and Communication Networks Journal. This special issue solely targets research areas surrounding CIS security. Submitted papers should reflect on the current state of clinical information systems and, hence, preference will be given to authors whose work is directly related to CIS and not researchers attempting to connect their work on information security with CIS. The Guest Editors reserve every right to prevent conflicts of interest to the journal as required by the Editor-in-Chief and the editorial board. The language of the journal is English. 12-point type in one of the standard fonts: Times, Helvetica, or Courier is preferred. It is not necessary for authors to double-line space their manuscript. Tables must be on separate pages after the reference list, and not be incorporated into the main text. Figures should be uploaded as separate figure files. For manuscript submission authors should follow the guidelines described in Section For Authors at http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/jabout/114299116/ForAuthors.html. Prospective authors should submit their paper online at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/scn. When submitting the papers, the authors should make sure to choose the Manuscript type as Special Issue, enter the Running Head and the Special Issue title as SCN-SI-001 and CIS Security, respectively. Important Dates --------------- Manuscript Submission Due: 10 February 2008 Acceptance Notification: 10 May 2008 Final Manuscript Due: 1 June 2008 Publication: July/August 2008 Guest Editors ------------- The contact information of the Guest Editors for this Special Issue is given below: Theodore Stergiou IT Advisory KPMG Kyriacou Advisors AE Athens, Greece tstergiou (at) kpmg.gr Dimitrios Delivasilis Managing Director of Incrypto Ltd. Athens, Greece dld (at) incrypto.com Mark S Leeson School of Engineering University of Warwick M.S.Leeson (at) warwick.ac.uk Ray Yueh-Min Huang Department of Engineering Science National Cheng-Kung University Taiwan, R.O.C. huang (at) mail.ncku.edu.tw Dr Theodore Stergiou, MIET,MIEEE Information Systems Security Engineer email: tsterg (at) yahoo.co.uk __________________________________________________________________ Visit InfoSec News http://www.infosecnews.org/
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