Security Protocols for Embedded Wireless Devices

Dear Colleagues,

The majority of computers on the planet are now embedded systems of some kind. Many of these are subject to various restrictions, e.g., computation, power consumption, connectivity, memory, transmission strength, etc. In addition, they often have to cope with less than ideal environments. They might have to communicate wirelessly in a noisy environment, or they might be operated by users who do not know or care about their limitations, and just want the functionality these devices can provide.

These factors mean that such devices need to provide a different set of security guarentees than is often required in more traditional networks. Such devices need to cope with a large array of attacks, ranging from wireless jamming and denial of service, to protocol attacks that can leverage the reduced device recources and unique limitations.

This special issue aims to bring together researchers and practitioners to discuss aspects of security protocols for embedded wireless devices, explore new theories, investigate already deploid algorithms, protocols and schemes and innovate new solutions for overcoming the huge challenges in this important research area.

Topics include but are not limited to:

• Analysis of network and security protocols
• Attacks with novel insights, techniques, or results
• Forensics and diagnostics for security
• Automated security analysis of hardware designs and implementation
• Automated security analysis of source code and binaries
• Protocols for P2P systems
• Network infrastructure security
• Denial-of-service attacks and countermeasures
• Wireless security
• Mobile systems security
• Distributed systems security
• Embedded systems security
• Methods for detection of malicious or counterfeit hardware
• Side channels
• Analysis of deployed cryptography and cryptographic protocols
• Cryptographic implementation analysis
• New cryptographic protocols with real-world applications

Prof. Dr. Kasper Rasmussen
Guest Editor

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