Cloud Computing: New Network Technology and Information Security
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Computing and Artificial Intelligence".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2026 | Viewed by 906
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Interests: internet of things; privacy-aware computing; cyber security; mobile edge computing; preferential location-based search
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Dear Colleagues,
Cloud computing has changed the face of business and how users interact with technology. This new era of cloud computing created a huge shift that allows users to access computing resources, storage, and applications over the Internet without the need for a huge on-site infrastructure. At its core, cloud computing provides a platform for on-demand services that leverages virtualization and distributed computing, which often include complex artificial intelligence and machine learning platforms. The flexibility and cost-efficiency of cloud solutions have made them increasingly attractive to organizations of all sizes.
Although the cloud is a great tool, it comes with challenges in information security. Data and applications are exchanged across various systems, often requiring a secure medium. Today, cloud providers provide various security solutions, including encryption, access controls, and continuous monitoring. Yet, the challenge of data security remains. With this Special Issue, we invite researchers to contribute to the security challenges arising from new cloud technology. Some cloud research areas on this topic include the following:
- Zero-trust security models for cloud environments;
- Privacy-preserving computation methods;
- Advanced encryption techniques for data in transit and at rest;
- Secure multi-party computation in the cloud;
- Enhancing security in Function-as-a-Service (FaaS) environments;
- Enhancing privacy in cloud-based AI systems;
- Data loss prevention (DLP) strategies for multi-cloud environments;
- Secure inter-cloud communication protocols;
- Quantum-safe cryptography for cloud environments;
- Blockchain and cloud integration;
- Cloud networking and software-defined networking (SDN).
Dr. Madhuri Siddula
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- cloud computing
- security models
- networks
- information security
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