Cutting-Edge Breakthroughs in Cybersecurity and User Data Protection
A special issue of Electronics (ISSN 2079-9292). This special issue belongs to the section "Computer Science & Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 October 2025) | Viewed by 879
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Interests: cybersecurity; HPC; computer science; IT; storage; networking; cloud; virtualization; containers
Interests: computer science; IT
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Dear Colleagues,
Cybersecurity and the protection of user data are paramount in contemporary digital security concerns. As technology advances, the threats to sensitive information, infrastructure, and user privacy also evolve. Maintaining strong security necessitates ongoing advancements in cryptographic methods, safe system designs, and sophisticated defense strategies.
In practical cybersecurity contexts, prevalent issues encompass data breaches, weaknesses in security measures, insider threats, and privacy dangers. Emerging concepts, such as cloud computing, artificial intelligence, blockchain, and the Internet of Things, present both new vulnerabilities and innovative prospects for enhancing security. Confronting these difficulties necessitates innovative research to improve and formulate sophisticated cybersecurity measures.
This Special Issue on “Cutting-Edge Breakthroughs in Cybersecurity and User Data Protection” solicits original research articles and reviews. We invite submissions on a wide array of subjects, including the following topics:
- Next-generation authentication and identity management;
- AI-driven threat detection and mitigation;
- Privacy-preserving technologies and data protection strategies;
- Secure protocols for cloud, edge, and IoT environments;
- Emerging threats from quantum computing;
- Cybersecurity risk assessment and vulnerability analysis;
- Secure software development and attack surface reduction;
- Insider threat detection and mitigation;
- Human factors in advancing cybersecurity;
- User-centered security design;
- Zero-trust security models;
- Cybersecurity in education and workforce development;
- Regulatory and compliance trends in data protection.
We look forward to your contributions and the progression of the dialogue around the future of cybersecurity and user data protection.
Dr. Vedran Dakic
Prof. Dr. Leo Mrsic
Prof. Dr. Ivana Ogrizek Biškupić
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- cybersecurity
- artificial intelligence
- machine learning
- zero trust
- ransomware
- cloud security
- data protection
- threat intelligence
- Internet of Things
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