Advances in Cryptography and Secure Protocols for Modern Information Systems
A special issue of Electronics (ISSN 2079-9292). This special issue belongs to the section "Computer Science & Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 October 2026 | Viewed by 388
Editors
Interests: cybersecurity; IoT security and privacy; applied cryptography
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Interests: cryptography; information Security; cryptographic protocols
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The rapid evolution of modern information systems has significantly transformed the way individuals, organizations, and devices interact within increasingly interconnected digital environments. Technologies such as cloud computing, mobile platforms, Internet-of-Things (IoT), and large-scale distributed systems have enabled unprecedented levels of connectivity and data exchange. However, this growing interconnectivity also introduces critical security and privacy challenges, including the protection of sensitive data, secure communication among heterogeneous systems, and the resilience of digital infrastructures against emerging cyber threats. Cryptography and secure protocols play a fundamental role in addressing these challenges by providing the foundations for confidentiality, authentication, privacy preservation, and data integrity.
This Special Issue focuses on recent advances in cryptographic techniques and secure protocol design for modern information systems. As computing environments become more complex and distributed, traditional security mechanisms often face limitations in scalability, efficiency, and adaptability. This Special Issue aims to highlight innovative cryptographic solutions and protocol designs that address these challenges while maintaining strong security guarantees. We welcome original and high-quality research contributions, including, but not limited to, topics such as advanced cryptographic primitives, secure communication protocols, privacy-preserving technologies, secure authentication mechanisms, post-quantum cryptography, blockchain and distributed ledger security, and cryptographic applications in cloud computing, IoT, and distributed systems.
Dr. Nan Li
Dr. Yudi Zhang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- applied cryptography
- security protocols
- privacy-preserving computing
- network security
- distributed system security
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