Special Issue "Quality and Security of Critical Infrastructure Systems"
A special issue of Big Data and Cognitive Computing (ISSN 2504-2289).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2023 | Viewed by 977
Special Issue Editors
Interests: artificial neural networks; few-shot learning; ensemble learning; non-iterative learning algorithms; engineering and medical applications
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Interests: information technologies; software quality audit and assurance; verification and validation of critical software; information systems and technologies for medicine
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Interests: cyber security; nature-inspired cyber computing
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The amount of information is constantly growing, and thus the issue of information security is becoming more acute. At the current stage of economic development, when information management becomes a critical business function, malware attacks on critical infrastructure systems and software bugs in such systems pose real threats. Every 12 months, 50% of industrial companies in the world experience one to five cyber incidents. The loss of the world economy as a result of cyber-attacks is USD 445 billion. Cyber-attacks on critical infrastructure systems and software errors in critical infrastructure systems pose a real threat to the security of the human community, leading to human casualties, environmental cataclysms, and significant financial losses. If the company works with the data of individuals, then cyber-attacks and information theft are risk factors that cause reputational and financial damage to the company.
Currently, all areas of human activity are related to computer systems and software, so the current problems in the use of computer systems and software are currently the reliable protection of information from cyber threats and malware as well as the quality assurance of software and computer systems. Known methods and tools in the field of cybersecurity and software quality assurance are unable to provide the reliable protection of information from malware, the detection and disposal of malware, and cannot ensure the required software quality of critical infrastructure systems.
Achieving high-quality software and computer systems as well as their cybersecurity is a key factor in their effective use, and is one of the main needs of customers.
This Special Issue aims to disseminate and discuss models and methods of quality and security of critical infrastructure systems that support sophisticated solutions to improve and ensure the quality and security of software and computer systems. We will only consider knowledge-intensive solutions that outline existing issues for the quality and security of critical infrastructure systems and offer reliable and accurate solutions. Original, unpublished studies in different application areas on the following main topics are welcome:
- Software systems quality;
- Software systems security;
- Software systems reliability;
- Cybersecurity;
- Computer systems quality;
- Computer systems security;
- Computer systems reliability.
Dr. Ivan Izonin
Prof. Dr. Tetiana Hovorushchenko
Dr. Shishir K. Shandilya
Guest Editors
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