ISACA Journal: 2012-2013 Editorial Calendar 

 

2012
For Authors For Advertisers
Issue Date Theme Drafts
Due*
Articles**
Due
Insertion
Due
Art Due Mail Date

Volume 4
Jul/Aug

Data Analytics/Mining
- Governance
- Risk management
- Risk assessment
- Continuous auditing
- Continuous monitoring
- Who has access to the data?
- What tools exist for data mining?
- How do you control the information?
- SAP tools and techniques for unveiling your inefficiencies
- Using data mining tools
- Data loss prevention and compliance
- Data retention and backup regimes

20 Mar 12

19 Apr 12

23 May 12

30 May 12

2 July 12

Volume 5
Sep/Oct

IT Implications of Privacy
- Effect of dispersed systems
- HIPAA
- Evolution of health care records
- Social networking privacy implications
- The EU Directive 95/46/CE and the Art. 29 Data Protection Working Party
- Binding corporate rules

21 May 12

19 Jun 12

23 Jul 12

31 Jul 12

4 Sep 12

Volume 6
Nov/Dec

Upcoming Issues of the Year
- Sustainability of green IT
- Inmemory computing—how does it affect controls?
- New compliance issues
- New regulations

19 Jul 12

20 Aug 12

20 Sep 12

27 Sep 12

1 Nov 12

 


2013
For Authors For Advertisers
Issue Date Theme Drafts
Due*
Articles**
Due
Insertion
Due
Art Due Mail Date

Volume 1
Jan/Feb

Governance and Management of Enterprise IT (GEIT)
- Corporate responsibility
- Harmonization of GEIT standards
- COBIT 5
- Transitioning to COBIT 5
- Sarbanes-Oxley: Where are we now? What were the benefits? What were the costs?
- Value of certifications
- BYOD
- Operating systems and move to virtual
- Risk and controls in a virtual environment
- Integrated assurance approach

20 Sep 12

18 Oct 12

21 Nov 12

29 Nov 12

2 Jan 13

Volume 2
Mar/Apr

Legal and Regulatory Challenges
- International privacy laws
- Digital investigations
- SSAE 16
- Obligations of contractual agreements
- Obligations of service level agreements
- Forensic tools and legal aspects
- Protecting your brand, incident response
- Insurance
- Data retention

20 Nov 12

19 Dec 12

24 Jan 13

31 Jan 13

1 Mar 13

Volume 3
May/Jun

Big Data
- Data privacy
- The cloud environment
- Cloud and legal obligations
- Integrated Assurance
- Privacy and data security in the cloud
- Standards in the cloud
- Social media
- SSAE 16
- Data integration
- Meta data
- Data quality
- Coordination of information and data architectures
- Data retention

18 Jan 13

21 Feb 13

21 Mar 13

28 Mar 13

1 May 13

Volume 4
Jul/Aug

Language of Cybersecurity
- Vulnerability and emerging threats
- Security
- BYOD
- Information security
- Botnets
- Hacktivists
- Legal responsibility
- COBIT for security

20 Mar 13

18 Apr 13

23 May 13

30 May 13

1 July 13

Volume 5
Sep/Oct

Integrated Business Solutions
- ERP systems
- SAAS solutions
- Database auditing
- SAP security
- In-memory/RAM computing
- Managing controls
- Oracle
- Auditing midrange or small ERP applications
- GRC in terms of security
- Security concerns of ERP systems
- Security in industrial/business automation
- Process automation

21 May 13

19 Jun 13

23 Jul 13

31 Jul 13

3 Sep 13

Volume 6
Nov/Dec

Upcoming Issues of the Year
- The trend toward collaboration and partnerships among business functions
- New compliance issues?
- New regulations
- Other new, innovation industry-related topics as they come to light

18 Jul 13

20 Aug 13

23 Sep 13

30 Sep 13

1 Nov 13

 

* Drafts Due date refers to the date by which all pending articles for the issue must be received for peer review. These drafts should be in what the author considers final form.
** Articles Due date is the date upon which all final revisions requested by the review committee/ISACA must be completed and submitted to the Journal staff. To learn more about the peer-review processs, please see the author guidelines.

Columns and Features in Every Issue: 

  • Information Security Matters
  • IT Audit Basics
  • Cloud Computing
  • Five Questions With…
  • HelpSource Q&A
  • CPE Quiz
  • Crossword Puzzle