Global E-Security 4th International Conference, ICGeS 2008, London,
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Global E-Security, ICGeS 2008, held in London, UK, in June 2008. The 36 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. The
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Hamid Jahankhani Kenneth Revett Dominic Palmer-Brown (Eds.)
Global E-Security 4th International Conference, ICGeS 2008 London, UK, June 23-25, 2008 Proceedings
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Volume Editors Hamid Jahankhani Middlesex University, School of Computing Science The Burroughs, London NW4 4BT, UK E-mail: [email protected] Kenneth Revett University of Westminster, Harrow School of Computer Science Watford Road, Harrow HA1 3TP, UK E-mail: [email protected] Dominic Palmer-Brown University of East London, School of Computing and Technology University Way, London E16 2RD, UK E-mail: [email protected]
Library of Congress Control Number: 2008929342 CR Subject Classification (1998): C.2.0, D.4.6, E.3, H.2.0, K.4.4, K.6.5 ISSN ISBN-10 ISBN-13
1865-0929 3-540-69402-1 Springer Berlin Heidelberg New York 978-3-540-69402-1 Springer Berlin Heidelberg New York
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Preface
In today’s society, where technology is ubiquitous, protecting ourselves with firewalls is as important as defending ourselves with firepower. New technology is providing criminals with a world of opportunity, while law enforcement agencies all over the world are struggling to cope. E-security is an issue of global importance. In many ways, cybercrime is no different to more traditional types of crime – both involve identifying targets, using surveillance and psychological profiling of potential victims. The major difference is that the perpetrators of cybercrime are increasingly remote to the scene of their crime and that in some cases their victims may not even realize that a crime is taking place. Knowledge of the techniques being used by criminals and the technology and training available to combat them is essential in fighting cybercrime. Establishing dialogue between crime-fighting agencies, the security industry, researchers and experts can provide a platform from which e-security can be examined from several global perspectives. The Annual International Conference on Global e-Security (ICGeS) is an established platform in which security issues can be examined through dialogue between academics, students, government representatives, chief executives, security professionals, and research scient
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