Cybersecurity: Novel Technologies and Applications
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Computing and Artificial Intelligence".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 March 2026 | Viewed by 12
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The rapid digitization of modern society has brought with it an increasing reliance on interconnected systems, data-driven technologies, and intelligent infrastructures. While these advancements offer significant societal and economic benefits, they also expose critical systems to a wide range of cyber threats. Sophisticated adversaries now exploit vulnerabilities across hardware, software, networks, and even user behavior. As a result, cybersecurity has become a foundational challenge that cuts across technical, organizational, and societal domains. This Special Issue aims to bring together cutting-edge research and practical advancements that address contemporary cybersecurity challenges across diverse application domains.
The Special Issue welcomes submissions of original research articles, reviews, and case studies that explore novel methodologies, frameworks, tools, and applications to detect, prevent, and mitigate cyber threats. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Threat intelligence;
- Software security practices;
- Human-centric cybersecurity and usable security;
- Mobile, edge, and IoT security;
- Privacy-enhancing technologies and secure data sharing;
- Cyber resilience for critical infrastructures;
- Methods for securing critical and cloud-based infrastructures;
- Machine learning and artificial intelligence in cybersecurity.
Submissions that bridge theoretical development with practical implementation are especially encouraged. This Special Issue also welcomes interdisciplinary approaches and real-world deployments that demonstrate the effectiveness and scalability of innovative cybersecurity solutions.
Dr. Karim Elish
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- cybersecurity
- threat detection
- privacy
- secure systems, mobile security
- IoT security
- cyber resilience
- artificial intelligence
- machine learning
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