In the field of Biology, scientists make notes in the field during their research, also known as field notes. The notes are kept in a notebook, or more likely these days, on a laptop.
It’s the observations, the discoveries, the notes of what the researcher saw. According to this, there’s few rules about what consists of a Field Note. To quote that article, reading someone’s notebook “…can be like getting an opportunity to hear someone think out loud.”
We want to know what you think, so DTRAP has its own version of a Field Note. Cybersecurity is certainly not Biology, but we can take lessons from the field. For our version, we are interested in short 1000-1500 word papers that examine current events or threats. They should accurately document an event or expound on a current problem faced by practitioners. And like Biology Field Notes, we like data.
In other words, the paper should be a Field Note, or Note from the Field. We want to hear from practitioners, what do you think researchers should be focusing on… and why? Submit your paper to https://dtrap.acm.org/ and let us hear from you.