Security in Virtual Worlds and 3D Webs: Final Call for Chapter Proposals

Final Call for Chapter Proposals: Security in Virtual Worlds and 3D Webs

Apologies for Cross Postings

Proposal Submission Deadline:  March 1, 2009

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Call for Chapter Proposals

Security in Virtual Worlds and 3D Webs: Models for Development and
Management

A book edited by Dr. Alan Rea
Western Michigan University, USA

Introduction

This book intersects at least three major fields of research: Security,
Virtual Worlds, and 3D Webs, you can choose to focus in one area more
than another, as long as your chapter centers around one of the topics
discussed below.

Although one finds much discussion and research on the features and
functionality of Rich Internet Applications (RIAs), the 3D Web, and
Virtual Worlds in both scholarly and popular publications, very little
is written about the issues and techniques one must consider when
creating, deploying, and managing them securely. Reports of cross-site
scripting exploits in poorly implemented Webtops, risks of embedded
viruses in social computing platforms, such as Facebook or MySpace, and
technical and social engineering exploits in Multi-user Virtual
Environments (MuVEs) represent some of the security challenges
contemporary organizations face.

This project will bring together the issues that managers,
practitioners, and researchers must consider when planning,
implementing, and managing these promising virtual technologies for
secure processes and organizational initiatives.

Objective of the Book

In this book we will discuss the uses and potential of these virtual
technologies and examine secure policy formation and practices that can
be applied specifically to each. Authors will contribute guidelines,
techniques, cases, and methods that explore security in Virtual Worlds
and 3D Webs.

The book will focus on research and discussions about planning,
implementing, managing, and supporting these powerful technologies using
accepted system development models, secure testing techniques, robust
monitoring tools, and other accepted approaches. Moreover, discussions
on security policy creation to guide development, as well as user
interaction with these technologies will play an important role in the
book. The book will also use cases to illustrate successful, and
unsuccessful, implementations of RIAs, Webtops, and Virtual Worlds. Of
course, this book would not be complete without looking forward to the
potential security considerations and questions that must be asked as
more organizations move into virtual offerings.

Ultimately, this project will provide the latest research on virtual
security in order to provide researchers, practitioners, and students
the necessary background in theory and practice to deploy, plan, manage,
and maintain robust and safe virtual offerings.

Target Audience

This book appeals to those interested not only in security but also
advanced virtual offerings whether these are RIAs, the 3D Web, or
Virtual Worlds. Security researchers, as well as researchers from
diverse fields--computer science, information systems, psychology,
sociology, and telecommunications--will find valuable research questions
posed within the context of privacy, security, and trust as well. But
this book appeals to more than just researchers. Practitioners and
managers looking to offer robust virtual platforms will also benefit
from the pragmatic techniques, case discussions, and implementation
guidelines. In addition, upper-level and graduate-level students will
find this research useful in their course work and research. Finally,
this book will be a welcome addition to academic libraries' research
collections.

Recommended topics include, but are not limited to, the following

--Case Studies of Secure or Insecure Virtual Applications
--Developing Secure Virtual Offerings
--Hacker Attacks on Virtual Offerings
--Identity or Data Theft in Virtual Offerings
--Implementing Secure Virtual Offerings
--Issues of Privacy and/or Trust in Virtual Offerings
--Managing Secure Virtual Offerings
--Secure Policy Formation in Virtual Offerings
--Secure Virtual Models
--Security in 3D Web applications
--Security in Virtual Worlds
--Social Engineering in Virtual Worlds

Submission Procedure

Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before March
1, 2009, a 2-3 page chapter proposal clearly explaining the mission and
concerns of their proposed chapter. Authors of accepted proposals will
be notified by March 15, 2009 about the status of their proposals and
sent chapter guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be submitted by
April 30, 2009. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a
double-blind review basis. This book is scheduled to be published by IGI
Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), publisher of books under IGI
Publishing, IRM Press, Information Science Publishing, CyberTech
Publishing, and Information Science Reference. For additional
information regarding the publisher, please visit
http://www.igi-global.com/.

Inquiries and submissions (Word document or RTF) can be sent
electronically to:

Dr. Alan Rea
Computer Information Systems
Haworth College of Business
Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5412
e-mail: rea@..., rea@...
phone: 1.269.387.4247
fax: 1.269.387.5410

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