The conference is scheduled for April 18-20, 2017, in Las Vegas, NV, USA. The 16th Annual Security Conference is part of the Vegas Conferences organized by the Information Institute. Co-organizers for the 2017 event are Virginia Commonwealth University, Plymouth University, The University of South Carolina and DePaul University. Administrative offices for the conference are at Virginia Commonwealth University. Conference theme for 2017 is: Discourses in Cybersecurity.

Security, assurance and privacy challenges are abound. Advances in information and communication technologies have brought many security problems to the fore. Such problems may be technical in nature or organizationally grounded. Whatever be the nature and scope of the security problems, there is a need to engage in discourses pertaining to security, assurance and privacy. To that effect we welcome participation in the 16th Annual Security Conference.