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Preface These Proceedings are the work of researchers contributing to the 10th International Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security ICCWS‐2015, co‐hosted this year by the University of Venda and The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research. The conference is being held at the Kruger National Park, South Africa on the 24‐25 March 2015. The Conference Chair is Dr Jannie Zaaiman from the University of Venda, South Africa, and the Programme Chair is Dr Louise Leenen from the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, South Africa. The opening keynote address this year is given by Mr Laurens Cloete, Group Executive Operations at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Pretoria, South Africa and the second keynote will be given by Marius Hamman from the Digital Crimes Unit, Legal & Corporate Affairs, Middle East & Africa, Microsoft on the topic of “Defending against modern threats”. The second day will be opened by General AJ Coetzee of the South African National Defence Force. An important benefit of attending this conference is the ability to share ideas and meet the people who hold them. The range of papers will ensure an interesting and enlightened discussion over the full two day schedule. The topics covered by the papers this year illustrate the depth of the information Operations’ research area, with the subject matter ranging from the highly technical to the more strategic visions of the use and influence of information in cyber war and information security. With an initial submission of 134 abstracts, after the double blind, peer review process there are 47 research papers, 7 PhD research papers, 6 masters research papers, 1 Work in Progress papere and 2 Non‐academic papers published in these Conference Proceedings. These includes contributions from Australia, Botswana, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Lithuania, Namibia, The Netherlands, Portugal, South Africa, Sudan, Tunisia, UK, USA. We wish you a most enjoyable conference. Dr Jannie Zaaiman And Dr Louise Leenen March 2015