Cybersecurity and Distributed Computing for IoT
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Internet of Things".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2026 | Viewed by 13
Special Issue Editors
Interests: distributed systems; network and information security; IoT security; cyber security; machine learning and deep learning
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Interests: data security; privacy; distributed systems security; applied cryptography
Interests: AI security; IoT security; mobile computing; wireless networks; information centric networks
Interests: IoT; Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN); robotics, and embedded hardware/software applications in industrial, smart city, and agricultural environments
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Introduction
The Internet of Things (IoT) has revolutionized modern life by enabling seamless connectivity among devices, systems, and services across various domains, including smart cities, healthcare, industrial automation, and transportation. However, the rapid proliferation of IoT devices has introduced significant challenges related to security, privacy, and scalability. The distributed nature, heterogeneity, and resource constraints of IoT environments make them particularly vulnerable to cyber threats, while traditional security mechanisms often fall short in addressing these evolving risks.
As IoT systems become increasingly complex and decentralized, ensuring robust cybersecurity and efficient distributed computing mechanisms is crucial for maintaining trust, reliability, and performance. This Special Issue aims to bring together cutting-edge research and innovative solutions at the intersection of cybersecurity and distributed computing in IoT. We invite contributions that explore novel architectures, protocols, algorithms, and frameworks, particularly those leveraging edge/fog/cloud computing, machine learning and computational intelligence to enhance the security, efficiency, and resilience of distributed IoT systems.
Topics of Interest
We invite original research articles, reviews, and case studies on topics including, but not limited to, the following:
- Distributed cybersecurity architectures for IoT
- Machine learning algorithms for real-time threat detection in IoT
- Deep learning models for anomaly detection and classification
- Lightweight cryptographic techniques for resource-constrained devices
- Physical Unclonable Functions (PUFs) and hardware-based authentication
- Blockchain and decentralized identity management systems
- Secure multiparty computation and threshold cryptography in IoT
- Privacy-preserving data aggregation and federated learning
- Integration of AI/ML with edge computing for IoT security
- Evaluation of security protocols (e.g., MQTT, CoAP, Zigbee) in distributed IoT
- Business models and operational strategies for Security-as-a-Service in IoT
Dr. Amna Eleyan
Dr. Sana Belguith
Dr. Mohammed Al-Khalidi
Dr. Umar Raza
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- IoT cybersecurity
- distributed computing
- privacy preservation and trust management
- secure data aggregation and communication
- machine learning and deep learning for threat detection
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