Editorial

Welcome to the fourteenth issue of JIW. It starts with Ryan’s paper on the use of information sharing as a weapon, and then leads to three technical papers. Clarke and Furnell discuss authentications for mobile devices, whilst Kamel et al examine the use of profiling in psychological operations; lastly Lim et al consider the tracking of criminal and terrorist activity using visualisation tools. Finally, Williams and Mahncke examine the important topic of security in medical records systems.

Remember that quality papers are always sought for the journal so submit that when you can.

Bill Hutchinson

August, 2006

Email: w.hutchinson@ecu.edu.au

 Table of Contents

Paper 1: Use of Information Sharing Between Government and Industry as a Weapon

J.J.C.H. Ryan

Paper 2: A Composite User Authentication Architecture for Mobile Devices

N.L.Clarke and S.M.Furnell

Paper 3: Automated Categorization of Profiles for Psychological Operations: An Analysis of Data and Text Mining Approaches

M.N Kamel, M.D. Eramo, and C.M. Sutter

Paper 4: Tracking and Monitoring E-mail Traffic Activities of Criminal and Terrorist Organisations Using Visualisation Tools

M. J. Lim, M. Negnevitsky, and J. Hartnett

Paper 5: Shared Electronic Health Records: A changing landscape for security in medical practice.

P.A.H. Williams and R. J. Mahncke

About the Authors

Dr Nathan Clarke is a lecturer in Information Systems Security within the Network Research Group, at the University of Plymouth . His research interests reside in the area of biometrics, mobility and wireless security, having previously completed a PhD on the topic of advanced user authentication on mobile devices.  His research has given specific consideration to the use and applicability of biometrics in this context, as well as the practical implementation and evaluation of a range of related techniques.

Mark Eramo was a Master’s Degree Student at the Naval Postgraduate School in the Division of Computer and Information Sciences. He graduated in September 2004.

Prof. Steven Furnell is the head of the Network Research Group at the University of Plymouth in the United Kingdom, and an Adjunct Associate Professor with Edith Cowan University in Western Australia . He specialises in computer security and has been actively researching in the area for fourteen years, with current areas of interest including security management, computer crime, user authentication, and security usability.  Prof. Furnell is a Fellow and Branch Chair of the British Computer Society (BCS), a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and a UK representative in International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) working groups relating to Information Security Management (of which he is the current chair), Network Security, and Information Security Education. He is the author of over 160 papers in refereed international journals and conference proceedings, as well as the books Cybercrime: Vandalizing the Information Society (2001) and Computer Insecurity: Risking the System (2005). Further details can be found at www.network-research-group.org.

Jacqueline Hartnett has a B.A. (Hons) in Geography from Exeter University in the UK and a MComp from the University of Tasmania .  After graduating, she worked with computing department of the Royal Dutch Shell group and IBM both in Australia and the UK .  She has taught computer security courses in the University of Tasmania since 1993.  Her current research interests are the use of authentication and access control as a means of maintaining privacy and confidentiality of personally identified data and the development of intrusion detection techniques for groups of collaborating network gateways.

Christopher Sutter was a Master’s Degree Student at the Naval Postgraduate School in the Division of Computer and Information Sciences. He graduated in September 2004.

Patricia A H Williams: Trish has 17 years experience in the medical and pharmacy computing industry. Trish now lectures in networking, medical informatics, computer security and decision making, and has a keen interest in the development of lifelong learning and generic skills. She is also completing a PhD in Medical Informatics 

Magdi N. Kamel is an Associate Professor of Information Systems in the Division of Computer and Information Sciences and Operations at the Naval Postgraduate School . His research interests are in the areas of database management and knowledge base systems. He is particularly interested in database models and languages, data modelling, data and text mining, and knowledge discovery in large databases. Prof. Kamel is a recipient of a recent Fulbright grant for teaching and research in the database and knowledge discovery area. He is the member of the ACM and IEEE computer society.

Mark J. Lim received his B.E. (Hons) from the University of Tasmania, Australia , in 2003. He is currently a Ph.D. candidate and his major research interests are computer security and artificial intelligence. Mr Lim is a student member of the Institution of Engineers Australia and also a student member of the IEEE.

Rachel J Mahncke: Rachel commenced a PhD in 2006, in the area of medical informatics. Additional areas of interest are online education, teaching and learning and e-health.

Michael Negnevitsky received his B.S.E.E. (Hons), 1978, and Ph.D., 1983, from Byelorussian University of Technology, Belarus .  Currently, he is an Associate Professor in the School of Engineering at the University of Tasmania, Australia . His major interests are computational intelligence, fuzzy logic, neural networks and genetic algorithms.  Dr. Negnevitsky is a Chartered Professional Engineer, a Senior Member of the Institution of Engineers Australia, Member of the IEEE, and a Member of CIGRE AP36 (Electromagnetic Compatibility) Australian Technical Committee.

Julie J.C.H. Ryan , an Assistant Professor at GWU, conducts research in information security, knowledge management, international relations, and information warfare.  She worked for 18 years as an information security specialist, systems engineer, intelligence data analyst, and policy consultant prior to her academic career.  She is the co-author of Defending Your Digital Assets Against Hackers, Crackers, Spies, and Thieves (2000, McGraw-Hill).  She received her D.Sc. from The George Washington University (GWU) in Engineering Management and Systems Engineering, an M.L.S. in Interdisciplinary Studies from Eastern Michigan University , and a B.S. from the United States Air Force Academy.