Intelligence and the Cyber Environment (ICE) 2014 is the Brunel Centre

for 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 of
industry and technology and of national security policy.
As an operational domain cyber continues to transform, challenging our ability
to achieve effective situational awareness and reliable intelligence. The largely
regulatory regimes that provide known and validated cyber lanes of
communication cover a shrinking portion of the infosphere. At the same time,
the volume of networked traffc not merely between people but between devices
the internet of things threatens an overwhelming information overload that
can create its own form of blindness. As a result, effectively providing both the
protection of privacy on the one hand and effective and transparent legitimate
surveillance 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 mans land between national jurisdictions in the so-called
cloud;
2. Developing or improving multi- and transnational regulatory frameworks to
manage privacy across the global information space;
3. Technological options for improving both surveillance and the transparency
of surveillance;
4. International trust, collaboration and sharing privacy techniques and
technologies to achieve interoperability and pursue comprehensive global
coverage.
In particular, we seek policy papers that speak to the awareness of the
technology community and technical papers that will inform and enrich policy
deliberations.
Proposals should consist of a 500-word abstract in PDF or Word format, and
include the name, affliation and contact information of the author(s). Please
email to Myron Varouhakis (myron.varouhakis@brunel.ac.uk)
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 1 September, 2014
CONFERENCE DATE: 21 November, 2014, Brunel University
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ICE 2014 CALL FOR PAPERS
BLACK-OUTS AND WHITE-OUTS
AND FLYING BLIND IN THE CLOUD