Cyber-Security in Smart Cities: Latest Advances and Prospects
A special issue of Electronics (ISSN 2079-9292). This special issue belongs to the section "Networks".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 March 2025) | Viewed by 1538
Special Issue Editors
Interests: information security; applied cryptography; Internet of Things; artificial intelligence applications; medical information security
Interests: digital watermarking; data hiding; image capturing; information security
Interests: smart home; mobile commence; computer and communication security; information security; applied cryptography; healthcare; digital right management; auto identification technology; user centered services
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Dear Colleagues,
Smart cities are a combination of intelligent information and communication technologies in the infrastructure and daily operation of cities. With the rapid development of 5G networks and Internet of Things, applications of smart cities increase in many fields including transportation, critical infrastructure, medical services, governance, and so on. Moreover, applications in smart cities with blockchain technology have also been proposed. In summary, applications with the mentioned technologies have the potential for smart cities to develop many services that benefit the daily lives of people in many aspects. On the other hand, new services or systems bring related security issues. Compared with conventional network environments, smart cities are built with wireless networks which may transmit sensitive and private data and have more vulnerabilities than conventional networks. Risks are present at many levels, from people to organizations, and even the whole country.
In this Special Issue, we would like to invite researchers to submit the latest advances and prospects of cyber-security in smart cities. Papers should include a description of the topic and the applications or related issues and challenges, as well as related work. Furthermore, they should explain how technologies integrate or protect mechanisms in any aspects of smart cities. Ideally, evaluation should be performed by appropriate studies and can be proven by scientific results.
We would particularly like to invite submissions of the latest advances and prospects of cyber-security in smart cities that have received little or no attention to date. We would also like to encourage submissions that use immersive technology such as augmented or virtual reality, quantum computing, post-quantum cryptosystem, zero-trust architecture, artificial intelligence, etc.
Topics in this Special Issue of Smart Cities include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Smart city;
- 5G/6G;
- Internet of Things/Vehicle;
- Medical information;
- Transportation;
- Wireless communication;
- Blockchain technology;
- Governance;
- Electronic grid;
- Security and privacy;
- Security mechanisms.
Dr. Tzu Wei Lin
Dr. Yungchen Chou
Prof. Dr. Chien-Lung Hsu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- smart city
- 5G/6G
- Internet of Things/vehicle
- medical information
- transportation
- wireless communication
- blockchain technology
- governance
- electronic grid
- security and privacy
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