Call for Papers

May 2008 Call for Papers (PDF, 30K)

AESRM invites submissions for a special publication that will be released by the Alliance relative to the convergence of traditional and information security and enterprise risk management. The purpose of the this call for papers is to initiate a conversation among security professionals, risk managers, business executives and academics relative to the need to address protection within the context of enterprise risk management.

Topics

As concepts and research related to the contribution of traditional and information security to enterprise risk management is a new area of management focus, a wide selection of topics will be considered by the AESRM for publication. Topics which would be of interest include but are not limited to the following:

Risk frameworks and security contribution to ERM
Security and risk management maturity models
Approaches for integrating security into enterprise risk management
Benefits of addressing security as part of enterprise risk management
Forming a consolidated view of risk from the perspective of traditional and information security
Preparing security management for an enterprise risk management role
Tools for managing security risk within the enterprise
Security as a component of operational risk
The impact of security risk on business performance

A panel of academics and security executives representing traditional and information security will review all submissions. This panel will be selected from among the members of ASIS International and ISACA. The panel of reviewers will select ten papers for inclusion in a new AESRM publication, Convergence of Security and Enterprise Risk Management. The selected papers will be awarded an honorarium of US $1,000. Additional papers identified by the reviewers as having significant merit may also be published in Security Management published by ASIS International, or in the Information Systems Control Journal published by ISACA.

Submissions will be accepted through 31 July 2008. All submissions or questions regarding this call for papers should be sent to Ron hale at rhale@aesrm.org.

2008 AESRM Award

Nominations for AESRM's third annual Excellence in Security Convergence and Contribution to ERM Award are now closed. The award was created to honor individuals who are leading the growing field of security risk management and convergence. Individuals nominated for the award exhibit leadership in improving the understanding of security's role in enterprise security risk management throughout their organizations. Their work involves people, processes and technology to manage security risks inside a holistic model managing the enterprise risks. The Excellence in Security Convergence and Contribution to ERM Award will be presented this September at the 54th Annual ASIS International Conference to be held in Atlanta Georgia.

The online nomination form for the 2009 award will be available on this site in May 2009.