Security and Encryption for IoT Devices and Networks

Dear Colleagues,

Security and forensics continue to be the cornerstone of protecting the ever-evolving connected world we live in—ranging from smart bulbs and coffee machines to security cameras and smart TVs. With the rise in connected devices and cyber-attacks, security is becoming increasingly complex. Especially with IoT devices, a myriad of vulnerabilities stem from their large attack surface coupled with an untrusted execution environment. Furthering this problem are their incorrect access control and vendor complaisance with insufficient privacy protection. As of summer 2021, there are 12.3 billion IoT devices, which is expected to grow to 27 billion by 2025 [State of the IoT]. Data show that more than 1.5 billion attacks have occurred against IoT devices in the first 6 months of 2021 [Kaspersky lab]. Therefore, effective security and forensics technologies and policies are tenets of effective cyberspace threat protection solutions. Additionally, robust security and forensics solutions for IoT devices are paramount to overall internet security.

The purpose of this Special Issue is to provide a unified platform for researchers to share their work in the broad areas of security and forensics applied to IoT. This Special Issue of Cryptography invites you to submit the work you and your group are performing in the following areas:

Topics of interest include but not limited to:

• Internet of Things (IoT) – Devices and Networks;
• Access Control and Intrusion Detection;
• Anonymity and Privacy;
• Applied ML/AI to IoT security and forensics;
• Distributed IoT systems—security and forensics;
• Forensics data collection in IoT;
• Insider Threats and Countermeasures;
• Intrusion Detection and Prevention;
• IoT Botnet—security and forensics challenges;
• IoT Forensics—challenges and solutions;
• IoT Security—challenges and solutions;
• IoT privacy—challenges and solutions;
• IoT Untraceability;
• Lightweight Encryption for IoT Devices;
• Models for Authentication and Authorization;
• Privacy Preserving Data Aggregation;
• Ransomware Attack—prevention, detection, and response;
• Reputation and Trust-based models;
• Threats, Vulnerabilities, Risk, Formal Methods;
• Trust Models and Metrics;
• Virus, worms, trojan protection.

Dr. Avinash Srinivasan
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

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• forensics
• malware
• privacy
• security
• vulnerability