Novel Methods Applied to Security and Privacy Problems in Future Networking Technologies

Dear Colleagues,

Future networking technologies refer to emerging and developing technologies that are anticipated to shape the ways in which we connect, communicate, and share data in the future. These technologies have the potential to revolutionise the way we interact with the world, enabling rapid and more efficient communication. Examples of these technologies include 5G, 6G, blockchain, IoT, cloud computing, and Software-Defined Networking (SDN), among others. Although these technologies offer seamless communication and facilitate the advancement of new applications and services that have not been conceivable with the current networking technologies, these generate a number of security and privacy challenges. Some of the critical challenges to overcome include an increased attack surface, new attack vectors, evolving threats, data privacy and user trust. These are only a few of the security and privacy challenges that must be addressed in order to build a secure and trustworthy future for networking technologies.

To cope with the aforementioned challenges, this Special Issue welcomes original and innovative perspectives on theories, methodologies, schemes, algorithms, and systems related to all aspects of security and privacy in future networking technologies from academia, industry, and government. We invite the contribution of original research papers, survey papers, and position papers to this Special Issue. Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

• end-to-end communication security, privacy, and trust
• security and privacy protection in 5G and beyond
• trust, security, and privacy in cloud/edge computing
• lightweight and privacy-preserving authentication mechanisms
• lightweight identify and access management mechanisms
• quantum cryptography
• intrusion detection and prevention systems for network security
• privacy preservation in ai-enabled networks
• zero trust techniques, architectures, and models
• security and privacy challenges in internet of things (IOT) networks
• security, safety and reliability in industrial internet of things (IIOT)
• secure and privacy-preserving techniques for blockchain in 5G/6G
• sensing security and privacy for IEEE 802.11

Prof. Dr. Irfan Awan
Dr. Amna Qureshi
Dr. Muhammad Shahwaiz Afaqui
Guest Editors

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