Cryptography and Network Security—CANS 2024

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue will present extended versions of papers presented at the 23^rd International Conference on Cryptology and Network Security (CANS, https://2024.cansconference.org/). CANS is a premier forum for presenting research in the field of cryptology and network security.

Authors interested in extending their conference papers should be aware that their final submitted manuscript must provide a minimum of 50% new content and not exceed 30% copy/paste from their respective proceedings paper. Each manuscript will undergo blind review.

Please note that the Special Issue is also seeking original works that address cyber security, cryptography, privacy, machine learning security, and network security across and/or within this range of topics.

Specific topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Access Control
• Anonymity and Censorship Resistance
• Applied Cryptography
• Artificial Intelligence for Security
• Attacks and Malicious Code
• Biometrics
• Block and Stream Ciphers
• Blockchain Security and Privacy
• Cognitive Cities Security and Privacy
• Confidential Computing
• Cryptographic Algorithms and Primitives
• Cryptographic Protocols
• Cyber Physical Security
• Data and Application Security
• Denial of Service Protection
• Data and Computation Integrity
• Edge/Fog Computing Security and Privacy
• Embedded System Security
• Formal Methods for Security and Privacy
• Hash Functions
• Identity Management and Privacy
• IoT Security
• Key Management
• Location Based Services Security and Privacy
• Malware Analysis and Detection
• Network Security
• On-line Social Networks Security and Privacy
• Peer-to-Peer Security and Privacy
• Privacy-Enhancing Technologies
• Public Key Cryptography
• Security and Privacy for Big Data
• Security and Privacy in the Cloud
• Security and Privacy of ML and AI based Systems
• Security and Resilient solutions for Critical Infrastructures (e.g., Smart Grids, TelCo Networks, Airports, Ports…)
• Security Architectures
• Security in Content Delivery
• Security Models
• Secure Multi-Party Computation
• Secure Distributed Computing
• Security in Pervasive Systems
• Sensor Network Security
• Security in Crowdsourcing
• Trust Management
• Usable Security
• Virtual Private Networks
• Web Security
• Wireless and Mobile Security
• Zero-Knowledge Proofs

Dr. Markulf Kohlweiss
Prof. Dr. Roberto Di Pietro
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Cryptography is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 1800 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.