Editorial

The final issue of JIW for 2005 includes four very different papers.  The first by Duczynski investigates the application of Effects Based Operations and uses a technique called Field Anomaly Relaxation to illustrate the issues involved.  Pierce, Warren and Corray have written a more technology based paper that examines penetration testing. In the third paper, Lubbers has written an interesting case study of that examines a real world corporate espionage case in which she was personally involved.  The last paper is slightly unusual for JIW in that it covers ground that is not directly within the scope of the journal. However, the reviewers were quite enthusiastic about this opinion piece, and as it was thought it would interest the readership, it was included.

I wish you all a successful 2006.

Bill Hutchinson

December, 2005.

Email: w.hutchinson@ecu.edu.au

Table of Contents

Paper 1: Getting to Purposeful Information Operations: The Application of Effects-Based Approaches

G.Duczynski

Paper 2: In Pursuit of a Standard Penetration Testing Methodology  

J. D. Pierce, M. J. Warren and X. J. Corray 

Case Study: The Threat Response Spy Files: A Case Study about an Arms Manufacturer, A Private Intelligence Company and many Infiltrators  

E. Lubbers 

Opinion Paper: Is NATO in need of a renewed Security Concept? 

M.P. Efthymiopoulos

About he Authors

Xavier Corray has over 20 years experience as an IT consultant and has worked for IBM, Australia-New Zealand Bank, Hewlett Packard, and Hong Leong Bank Malaysia .  He holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Deakin University, Australia and an MBA from Central Queensland University, Australia .  Xavier is fluent in five different Asian languages and consults regularly to global clients.  He is the Director of the Melbourne Chapter of ISACA.

Dr. Guy Duczynski is a national security professional with 25 years service with Special Operations, including two operational tours in the counter terrorism unit of the Australian Special Air Service (SAS).    He served in operations, plans, training and development branches before retiring from military service in 2002.   In addition to a Doctor of Philosophy, he holds a Master of Business Administration and a Master of Education.   He continues research in Effects-Based Operations, planning, information operations, capability development and special operations and lectures regularly to strategic level planners.   Guy is also a senior lecturer to doctoral students undertaking research in information warfare.

Marios Panagiotis Efthymiopoulos is a PhD candidate at the University of Crete, and a Special Envoy of the Greek Foreign Ministry at the NATO Defence College, Rome Italy.

Eveline Lubbers was one of the founders of the grassroots group Buro Jansen & Janssen that specialized in monitoring police and secret services in the Netherlands , but left the group in 2003. She is now an editor of Spinwatch and a doctoral candidate at Strathclyde University in Glasgow . She is editor of the book Battling Big Business. See: http://www.evel.nl   and http://www.spinwatch.org

Justin D. Pierce , of Deakin University’s School of Information Systems , is an early-career academic whose primary research area is IT security.  He holds a Bachelor of Information Technology with First Class Honours and is currently studying for a Ph.D. in authentication and security.  Justin has published in the areas of Supply Chain Security, Security Attitudes, Penetration Testing, and Graphical Authentication.

Professor Matt Warren is the Head of School and a Professor in the School of Information Systems, Deakin University, Australia .  He has a Ph.D. in Information Security Management from Plymouth University, UK and during that time worked on several large European Union research projects.  Professor Warren has received over AUD $3M of research funding awards from national/international funding bodies.