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The Fifth International Workshop on Organizational Security Aspects (OSA 2013)

To be held in conjunction with the 8th International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (ARES 2013 – http://www.ares-conference.eu).

September 2nd – 6th, 2013
University of Regensburg
Regensburg, Germany

In today's global economy, where conditions change often and rapidly, the efficiency and effectiveness of the execution of business processes has become a central issue. As these processes depend on the assigned resources, a considerable optimization focus lies on the minimization of the resources' costs and simultaneously on the maximization of their returns. Another critical factor, which substantially influences the ability to compete, is the continuous operation of a company's business processes. The reasons why the execution of business processes may be interrupted are manifold and are addressed by several fields of research.
Exercising for instance strong computer security is a company’s crucial task in order to strengthen the resilience of IT systems against arising threats. However, the most sophisticated technical security techniques will fail, if there is no adequate organizational structure covering the appropriate planning, design and implementation of these techniques. Furthermore, processes within the companies have to be set up, lived and monitored to continuously improve the company’s ability to survive while simultaneously maximizing its returns.

The main objectives of this workshop are to bring together users and researchers (from industry and academy) to present their recent work, discuss and identify problems, synergize different views on methods and techniques, and brainstorm future research directions on various aspects of organizational security issues.


Topics of interest comprise but are not limited to:

  • Auditing
  • Business Continuity
  • Cost/Benefit Analysis
  • Disaster Recovery
  • Identity Management
  • Information Assurance
  • Information Security Management
  • Insider Threats
  • IT Governance
  • IT Service Continuity
  • Risk Management
  • Security Awareness
  • Security Culture
  • Security Requirements Engineering
  • Standards, Guidelines, Best Practices and Certification

Important dates

Submission Deadline
alt March 15th, 2013 extended to April 30th, 2013
Author Notification
alt May 15th, 2013
Author Registration
alt May 25th, 2013
Proceedings Version
alt June 14th, 2013
Conference/Workshop
alt September 2nd - 6th, 2013

Submission Guidelines

The submission guidelines valid for the OSA workshop are the same as for the ARES conference. They can be found >>here<< .

Workshop Chairs

Gerald Quirchmayr

University of Vienna and University of South Australia

Gerald[dot]Quirchmayr[at]univie[dot]ac[dot]at


Stefan Jakoubi

Secure Business Austria, Austria

alt sjakoubi[at]sba-research[dot]org


Simon Tjoa

St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences, Austria

alt simon[dot]tjoa[at]fhstp[dot]ac[dot]at

Program Committee (to be confirmed)

Helen Armstrong, Curtin Univeristy of Technology, Australia
Dorothea Aniola, Sail Labs Technology, Vienna, Austria
Maximilian Bielecki, University of Vienna, Austria
Chrsitophe Feltus, Centre de Recherche Public Henri Tudor, Luxembourg
Eduardo Fernandez, Florida Atlantic University, USA
Nandan Garg, Wayne State Univeristy, USA
Yoshiaki Hori, Kyushu University, Japan
Stefan Jakoubi, Secure Business Austria, Austria
Jorma Kajava, Oulu University, Finland
Sokratis A. Katsikas, University of Piraeus, Greece
Günther Pernul, Univeristät Regensburg, Germany
Reijo Savola, VTT Research, Finland
Simon Tjoa, St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences, Austria
Benjamin Turnbull, University of South Australia, Australia
José L. Vivas, Universidad de Malaga, Spain
Matthew Warren, Deakin University, Australia
Christopher C. Wills, Kingston University, UK
Louise Yngström, Stockholm University, Sweden