Journal of Information Security

Volume 1, Number 2

July, 2002

Introduction

The George Washington University Journal of Information Security is pleased to publish the proceedings of the 2001 (5th)  and 2002 (6th) annual conferences of the  National Colloquium for Information Systems Security Education. Recognizing that it is the task of American higher education to provide an information literate work force and to prepare information technology professionals to meet urgent national and international  needs for protection of  critical information infrastructures, institutions of higher learning must be informed of the knowledge, skills and attitudes to be taught in the general curricula and in the information curricula of its colleges and universities. Industry and government must understand their role in supporting higher education, not simply expecting higher education to be responsive and informed about information security and assurance. To this end, The National Colloquium for Information Systems Security Education (the Colloquium) is established to serve as a living body to bring government, industry, and academia together to meet those challenges.

In 2001, the Colloquium  traced security education and training from its beginning, through the current state of art, and into the future. The colloquium sought   general submissions as well as student participation. The papers submitted discuss course or lab development, INFOSEC curricula, standards, best practices, existing or emerging programs, trends, and future vision, as well as related issues. Of particular interest were discussions related to the theme topic: "What does a good education in information security require, and how are we to teach this?"

Paper Selection Committee for NCISSE 2001: Ms. Gale Meyer and Dr. Matt Bishop.

In 2002, the Colloquium was especially interested in novel approaches to teaching information security as well as what should be taught. This orientation is reflected in the papers presented.

Paper Track Chair for NCISSE 2002: Dr. Matt Bishop, University of California at Davis

Paper Track Committee:

Rebecca Bace, Infidel
Melissa Dark, CERIAS, Purdue University
James Davis, Iowa State University
Steve Lipner, Microsoft
Vic Maconachy, National Security Agency
William Hugh Murray, Information Protection Consulting
Daniel Ragsdale, US Military Academy

The George Washington University has supported the National Colloquium for Information since its inception in 1997, and continues its support with this publication.