Public Key Cryptography and Privacy Protection
A special issue of Information (ISSN 2078-2489). This special issue belongs to the section "Information Security and Privacy".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2025 | Viewed by 241
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Public key cryptography (PKC) plays a pivotal role in securing digital communications and safeguarding privacy in our increasingly interconnected world. PKC enables secure communication, authentication, and data integrity by leveraging mathematical principles and asymmetric key pairs. Privacy protection, as a critical domain of cybersecurity, relies heavily on advancements in cryptographic methods to ensure confidentiality, data security, and trust in diverse applications.
This Special Issue seeks innovative contributions in the form of high-quality, unpublished, and in-depth fundamental research that aims to address the existing technical challenges and propose novel solutions in the domain of public key cryptography and privacy protection.
The goal of this Special Issue is to explore current methods, architectures, and frameworks for PKC and privacy protection, as well as to integrate emerging technologies. Emphasis will be placed on performance evaluation, security analysis, and comparison with existing approaches to advance the state of the art in cryptography and privacy-enhancing technologies. This Special Issue encourages both theoretical and experimental studies in these fields. Additionally, high-quality review and survey papers are welcome. Academic researchers, developers, and industry practitioners are invited to contribute papers to this Special Issue.
Topics of Interest include (but are not limited to) one or more of the following:
- Cryptography;
- Public key cryptography;
- Key management systems and strategies;
- Cryptographic applications for privacy protection;
- Privacy-preserving techniques for data sharing and computation;
- Secure multi-party computation;
- Cryptographic frameworks for IoT, cloud, and edge computing;
- Blockchain and decentralized systems security;
- Privacy and trust in AI-driven systems;
- Threat modeling and countermeasures for PKC-based systems.
We encourage the submission of original research that addresses fundamental challenges, demonstrates practical applications, or proposes novel solutions in the field of public key cryptography and privacy protection. Contributions that advance theoretical understanding, provide innovative experimental results, or offer high-quality reviews of state-of-the-art developments are highly valued.
We look forward to your submissions and contributions to advancing the fields of public key cryptography and privacy protection.
Dr. I-Pin Chang
Prof. Dr. Tian-Fu Lee
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- cryptography
- public key cryptography
- privacy protection
- information security
- network security
- sensor networks
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