Hein Venter - Information and Cyber Security: 19th International Conference, ISSA 2020, Pretoria, South Africa, August 25–26, 2020, Revised Selected Papers

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ISSA 2020 is the annual conference for the information security community that continues on the successful recipe established in 2001. The conference is held under the auspices of the Academy for Computer Science and Software Engineering at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa, the School of Computing at the University of South Africa, and the Department of Computer Science at the University of Pretoria, South Africa.

The ISSA 2020 conference was held during August 2526, 2020. The conference has evolved each year in various ways. For the first time the conference was hosted online due to the COVID-19 worldwide pandemic. However, that did not hold us back to still host a fantastic online conference. We believe that the quality and relevance of the information presented by industry practitioners and academics have also evolved over the years. This year university students and other non-presenting delegates were allowed to register for the conference at no cost. A record virtual attendance of almost 200 delegates was recorded!

Conferences have become a major focus area and often a money spinner in many industries, so at any time a number of conferences were being advertised in similar fields such as information or cyber security. What sets the ISSA conference apart is that it is not intended to generate a profit for an organization, and it does not encourage marketing of products and services through presentations. Instead, the proceeds from registration fees are reinvested to ensure that the conference evolves each year. This year, due to the virtual nature of the conference, minimal costs were incurred. Sponsors are afforded an opportunity to present company-specific information that has a bearing on the conference themes, and presentations submitted by potential speakers are sent through a vigorous double-blind review process, managed by a team of respected international experts in information security.