CFP: Philosophy of Cyber Security

Cyber security is of increasing in importance for individuals, businesses, and nation states. This workshop aims to bring together practitioners in the field of cyber security with a philosophical audience, from the viewpoint that both may benefit from such a confrontation.

The leading idea is that there is value in bringing together philosophers and cyber security experts to further develop (and reflect on) some of the issues that are part of the cyber security landscape. The papers presented at the conference will be published as part of an edited collection.

Topics for discussion include:

• Cyberspace as a public sphere
• Characterisation of friends, enemies and adversaries in cyberspace
• Cyber security policies: could a dash of philosophy improve them?
• Big data, freedom, security and surveillance
• Cyber conflicts, cyberwar and the Talinn manual

The format of the conference will be based on written papers, which will be distributed prior to the conference, followed by on-conference presentations with ample room for discussion.

A paper proposal should consist of an abstract accompanied by a short draft version of the paper. Authors should submit their paper proposals to EasyChair on the following link

https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=pocs2013

Accepted and contributed papers will be published as part of an edited collection.