| Objective | To elicit and report on the collective wisdom of a
panel of experts and guests on specific topics and questions in computer and
information security. |
| Participants | Moderator (1)
Expert Panelists (30)
Guest Panelists (5)
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| Frequency | Monthly + Ad Hoc |
| Process | The ISFI Editorial Board will, in consultation with the
Moderator, select a topic for the panel discussion. The Editorial Board and
Moderator will then work together to draft a panel questionnaire. After a
final draft of the questionnaire has been accepted by both the Editorial Board
and Moderator, it will be placed on the ISFI web site for panelist
participation. The Moderator will then email all appropriate panelists,
informing them that the questionnaire is finished and ready for their
scrutiny. After the panelists have all submited via the ISFI web site their
responses, the Moderator will edit and compile the answers in a final report,
which will be published on the ISFI web site after final approval from the
Editorial Board. |
| Scoring | To promote a friendly competition among panelists and to
provide non-panelists with a means for measuring their own expertise against
that of the panel, a scoring system will be instituted. The Moderator will
assess the answers given by the panel for each question and generate a scoring
scheme. Partial credit will be given for answers deemed close to the
perceived "correct" answer. The Moderator will decide the number of
points each answer is worth with the maximum number of points being 100 for an
answer. The typical questionnaire, therefore, will have a maximum possible
score of 800. |
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