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Frontiers in Cyber Security

This special issue belongs to the section “Cybersecurity“.

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The theme of “cyber security” has now become a matter of great interest due to the way cyber security issues have developed in recent years. Thus, it is important to introduce security concepts technology achievements from the international forefront in the field of information security and insights into the latest development trends.

This Special Issue selects excellent papers from the Second International Conference on Frontiers in Cyber Security to be held in Xi'an, China on 15–17 November 2019. Original research articles as well as review articles are also welcome. Potential topics include but are not limited to:

I. Applied Cryptography

  • Cryptography for currencies
  • Cryptography for cloud computing
  • Cryptography for internet of things
  • Cryptography for pervasive system
  • Cryptography for social networks
  • Cryptography for smart grid
  • Cryptography for mobile communication
  • Cryptography for big data
  • Cryptography for information hiding
  • Cryptography for Artificial Intelligence

II. Cryptography

  • Foundations of cryptography
  • Symmetric key cryptosystems
  • Public key cryptosystems
  • Hash functions
  • Key management
  • Digital signature
  • Cryptographic protocols
  • Provable security
  • Implementation of cryptosystems
  • Cryptanalysis

III. Network Security

  • Security for cloud computing
  • Security for Internet of Things
  • Security for social networks
  • Security for smart grid
  • Security for mobile communication
  • Security for big data
  • Security for Artificial Intelligence

Iv. System Security

  • Security for pervasive systems
  • Security for software systems
  • Security for hardware systems
  • Security for industrial control systems

Prof. Dr. Xu An Wang
Prof. Dr. Baocang Wang
Prof. Dr. Massimo Ficco
Guest Editors

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