IoT Technology and Information Security

Dear Colleagues,

The successful development of Internet of Things (IoT) technology has forced us to continuously take the issue of cybersecurity into account when developing information security frameworks in IoT. This represents a broad research scope in which the integration of new technologies with IoT and the related security threats, as well as the use of novel technologies in solving information security problems in IoT, need further exploration. We therefore announce a Special Issue entitled “IoT Technology and Information Security” that welcomes research papers investigating the aforementioned research scenario. Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

• IoT technology (signal processing, network protocols, etc.)
• Integration of IoT technology and emerging technologies
• Industrial IoT (IIoT)
• Artificial Intelligence (AI) -enabled IoT
• IoT cyber threats and vulnerabilities
• IoT hardware (edge devices, sensors, gateways, etc.) security
• IoT security defense technology: authentication, access control and trust
• IoT secure communication (authentication, secure protocols, etc.)
• Privacy preservation in IoT
• Intrusion detection in IoT
• IoT security and application of emerging technologies (6G, generative AI, edge AI, etc.)

Original research highlighting the latest IoT technology and information security problems and technical developments is encouraged, but review papers providing a comprehensive overview of the state of the art in IoT technology and information security are also welcome.

Prof. Dr. Beibei Li
Dr. Jianbing Ni
Prof. Dr. Yuling Liu
Dr. Ming Zhao
Guest Editors

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