Editorial

Welcome to the 24^th issue of JIW and the last that I will be Editor in Charge. I will be retiring at the end of the year so wish you all well and thank you for all your contributions over the last eight years. The organisation of the journal will be changed somewhat with Professors Matthew Warren and Craig Valli, and Dr. Leigh Armistead sharing the editorial load which should make better management of the content. David Cook will be the Coordinating Editor and all paper should be sent to him at:d.cook@ecu.edu.au

This issue has six papers, the first by Neikerk and Maharaj explores the role of Electronic Warfare in the Information Warfare domain. Pye and Warren then examine the relationship between Information Warfare and Critical Infrastructure Protection which is then followed by Watt and Janczewski who review a study that examines the readiness of Critical Infrastructure management to a cyber-attack in the New Zealand context.  James comes next with a more technically oriented paper that looks at Secure Portable Devices in Network Centric Operations. Then Schou, Ryan and Armistead examine the response to the need for Information Operations education. Finally, Efthymiopoulos chronicles NATO’s response to countering electronic warfare attacks in the 21^st century.

Bill Hutchinson

December, 2009

w.hutchinson@ecu.edu.au

Table of Contents

 About the Authors

Allan Charles Watt, Dip Policing, BBS, MSc (Hons), CFCE, CFE is head of e-forensics at e.law Australia Pty. Ltd. Allan has been an independent computer forensic expert for 14years. Currently, he leads e.law’s national e-forensics team and works as a guest lecturer for the University of Sydney. Allan has partnered with some of Australia’s most well known corporate, government and legal organisations as well as forensic accountants and liquidators to achieve favourable outcomes. Allan has expertise in: the forensic acquisition, extraction and examination of computers, mobile phones and other digital storage devices providing independent expert opinion and reports at court in all legal practice areas advising corporations on intellectual property and risk management delivering Continuing Legal Education (CLE) or Continuing Professional Development (CPD) seminars on e-forensics to a wide variety of audiences. He has been involved in over 800 criminal and civil cases. Prior to his present role, Allan worked as a Criminal Intelligence Analyst for the NZ Police where he was involved in many of the first computer forensic examinations in the country.

Brett van Niekerk completed his B.Sc. in Electronic Engineering in 2002 at the former University of Natal, and graduated with a M.Sc. Electronic Engineering dissertation in next-generation communications in 2006 at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. He worked at Thorough Tec Simulation on mining and military projects, and managed the Electronic Design Department. He is currently a part-time examiner and researcher at the Management College of Southern Africa, and is completing his PhD research in Information Systems and Technology at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, analysing potential vulnerabilities in 3G communication infrastructures from Information Warfare and Electronic Warfare perspectives.

Corey D. Schou is University Professor of Informatics, Professor of Information Systems and Associate Dean at the College of Business, Idaho State University. Dr. Schou is the director of the National Information Assurance Training and Education Center (NIATEC) and the Simplot Decision Support Center (SDSC). These are two key components of the Informatics Research Institute. His research and publication interests include information security and privacy, ethics, collaborative decision making, the impact of technology on organization structure, and the application of technology to managerial decision making. His work has resulted in over 200 monographs, books articles and formal presentations. Using collaborative tools he designed for curriculum development, he compiled and edited computer security training materials and standards for the Department of Defense and the National Institute of Standards. These have now been adopted across the federal government.

Edwin “Leigh” Armistead is the Director of Business Development for Goldbelt Hawk LLC, which currently supports Special Operations Command and the US Navy on a large Information Operations contract, as well as the Programme Chair for the International Conference of Information Warfare.  He has written nine books, 18 journal articles, presented 17 academic papers and served as a Chairman for 16 professional and academic conferences.  Formerly a Master Faculty at the Joint Forces Staff College, Leigh received his PhD from Edith Cowan University with an emphasis on Information Operations.  He also serves as a Co-Editor for the Journal of International Warfare, and the Editorial Review Board for European Conference on Information Warfare.

Graeme Pye is a Lecturer with the School of Information Systems, Deakin University, Australia. He has successfully completed a PhD in critical infrastructure security and system modelling that involved developing a method utilising system security analysis and modelling at the School of Information Systems, Deakin University, Australia. Graeme is now continuing with further research as an early career researcher at the School of Information Systems and his research is continuing to focus on investigating the security aspects of Australian critical infrastructure and the relationships between associated infrastructures. Although, he is also interested in Information Warfare and benchmarking information security in business.

Julie Ryan is an Associate Professor, Engineering Management and Systems Engineering and Lead Professor, Information Security Management at George Washington University. She has a DSc from George Washington University, and MLS from Eastern Michigan University College of Technology and a BS from the US Air Force Academy. Her research interests are: mathematical modelling approaches to complex information security challenges, multi-disciplinary approaches to complex information security problems that integrate operations research and systems engineering, the application of multi-attribute utility theory to architecting holistic information security solutions and information warfare theory and applications.

Lech J. Janczewski  (MEng – Warsaw, MASc – Toronto, DEng – Warsaw) is an Associate Professor at the University of Auckland. He has over thirty five years experience in information technology. He was the managing director of the largest IBM installation in Poland, and the project manager of the first computing centre in the Niger State of Nigeria. His area of research includes management of IS resources with the special emphasis on data security and information systems investments. Currently he contributes to the project aimed on developing a tool handling Distributed Denial of Serve Attacks. Dr Janczewski has written above 100 publications presented in scientific journals, conference proceedings, books and chapters in books.

Allan Charles Watt, Dip Policing, BBS, MSc (Hons), CFCE, CFE is head of e-forensics at e.law Australia Pty. Ltd. Allan has been an independent computer forensic expert for 14years. Currently, he leads e.law’s national e-forensics team and works as a guest lecturer for the University of Sydney. Allan has partnered with some of Australia’s most well known corporate, government and legal organisations as well as forensic accountants and liquidators to achieve favourable outcomes. Allan has expertise in: the forensic acquisition, extraction and examination of computers, mobile phones and other digital storage devices providing independent expert opinion and reports at court in all legal practice areas advising corporations on intellectual property and risk management delivering Continuing Legal Education (CLE) or Continuing Professional Development (CPD) seminars on e-forensics to a wide variety of audiences. He has been involved in over 800 criminal and civil cases. Prior to his present role, Allan worked as a Criminal Intelligence Analyst for the NZ Police where he was involved in many of the first computer forensic examinations in the country.

Brett van Niekerk completed his B.Sc. in Electronic Engineering in 2002 at the former University of Natal, and graduated with a M.Sc. Electronic Engineering dissertation in next-generation communications in 2006 at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. He worked at Thorough Tec Simulation on mining and military projects, and managed the Electronic Design Department. He is currently a part-time examiner and researcher at the Management College of Southern Africa, and is completing his PhD research in Information Systems and Technology at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, analysing potential vulnerabilities in 3G communication infrastructures from Information Warfare and Electronic Warfare perspectives.

Corey D. Schou is University Professor of Informatics, Professor of Information Systems and Associate Dean at the College of Business, Idaho State University. Dr. Schou is the director of the National Information Assurance Training and Education Center (NIATEC) and the Simplot Decision Support Center (SDSC). These are two key components of the Informatics Research Institute. His research and publication interests include information security and privacy, ethics, collaborative decision making, the impact of technology on organization structure, and the application of technology to managerial decision making. His work has resulted in over 200 monographs, books articles and formal presentations. Using collaborative tools he designed for curriculum development, he compiled and edited computer security training materials and standards for the Department of Defense and the National Institute of Standards. These have now been adopted across the federal government.

Manoj Maharaj has been the Head of School of Information Systems and Technology since 2005. He holds a PhD in applied Mathematics. In 2008 he was appointed as an Apple Distinguished Educator which is a special recognition within Apple for educators who have distinguished themselves in the innovative use of technology in their teaching and research. He is currently involved in numerous initiatives that are exploring the application of technology to enhance the effectiveness and reach of higher education. In May 2009 he pioneered the launch of an innovative initiative known as Podcasting. This is a method of publishing audio files to the Internet for playback on mobile devices and personal computers which allows for anywhere and anytime access to information. He is also involved in the NextEd Project which focuses on the use of Web 2.0 technology to facilitate collaborative teaching and learning between universities is Africa and in the rest of the world.

Marios Panagiotis Efthymiopoulos is currently a visiting professor at the University of Cyprus at the School of Social & Political Sciences, Department of Political Science. He is the General Director of www.strategyinternational.org. He holds a PhD from the University of Crete and is a graduate from the NATO Defence College (NADEFCOL), while appointed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Greece. He holds a Masters Degree from the University of Vienna -The Diplomatic Academy of Vienna- in Advanced International Relations. He attended the MSc in Russian and Post-Soviet Studies at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), and he also holds a BA (Hons) in International Relations and Politics by the University of Lincolnshire and Humberside. His latest book is titled -in Greek-: NATO’s policies in the 21st century: The need for a renewed Security Concept and the ever lasting NATO-Russia Relations.

Matthew J. Warren Matt Warren is Head of School and Professor in the School of Information Systems, Deakin University, Australia. Previously he was in the School of Information Technology, Deakin University, Australia and before that he was an Information Systems lecturer at the Plymouth Business School, UK. He has a PhD in Information Security Management from Plymouth University, UK and during that time worked on several large European Union research projects.

Peter James is the Managing Director of Secure Systems Limited, an Australian company specialising in secure information storage products. Secure Systems has developed and patented the hardware-based Silicon Data Vault (SDV) security technology, which has been accredited by the Australian Government as high grade equipment and approved to protect highly classified data.  Peter has over twenty five years experience in the design, development and deployment of security critical and business critical systems.  He has a BSc(Hons) in Computer Science, a Masters in Systems Design and a GradDip in Business Administration. He is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and is currently completing a doctorate at Edith Cowan University.