Random Spaf Items
Things that Spaf thinks are interesting. This includes the CERIAS Weblogs, his personal blog ramblings, and other items found on the WWW and elsewhere. Material here is mostly related to issues of cyber security, cybercrime and privacy; public policy towards computing; and some of the more bizarre items of behavior that get documented in the news. Also, some news about me, about USACM and about CERIAS. Occasionally, some silly items may find their way here, too.
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I recently took over as Editor-in-Chief of the Elsevier journal “Computers & Security.” This is the oldest journal in the field (now in the 29th year of publication), and is the official outlet of IFIP TC-11. There is a significant international audience for the journal because of this long association with IFIP.
Currently, initial review time is averaging under a month. Time from acceptance to publication is averaging less than 6 months. (Overall time from submission to publication obviously depends on acceptance, number of rounds of review, responsiveness to any reviewer/editorial issues, and submission load.)
Original submissions on all computer and network security and privacy topics are welcomed. However, submissions with cryptology theory as their primary subject matter will not be accepted as anything other than invited contributions. Authors submitting papers that feature cryptologic results as an important supporting feature should ensure that the paper, as a whole, is of importance to the advanced security practitioner or researcher, and ensure that the paper advances the overall field in a significant manner. Authors who submit purely theoretical papers on cryptology may be advised to resubmit them to a more appropriate journal; the Editorial Board reserves the right to reject such papers without the full reviewing process.
We also welcome articles from practitioners relating significant experience in building or operating security of real systems.
I encourage you, as members of the community, to submit articles of interest, and to suggest the same to your colleagues. The journal is professionally produced, archival in nature, and worldwide in scope. The magazine appears in print and in a fully-searchable electronic format.
You can find more information, including information for authors, at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/cose
Feel free to contact me with questions as cose.editor@gmail.com
—gene spafford
