The Study of Network Security and Symmetry
This special issue belongs to the section "A: Computer Science".
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Emerging network technologies, e.g., cloud computing, the Internet-of-Things (IoT), and Cyber-Physical System, have revolutionized our daily life and have brought deep impact on several application domains, e.g., electronic health (eHealth) systems, cloud computing, vehicular systems, and some industrial systems.
While users, including both individuals and enterprises, enjoy more benefits and conveniences from practical applications with the integration of emerging network technologies than ever, new and challenging security threats are introduced, and cannot be addressed by existing cryptographic techniques.
This Special Issue aims to collect the state-of-the-art research advances in network threats and security. Potential topics include but not limited to the following:
- Symmetric cryptography for network security
- Applied cryptography for network security
- Emerging tools for network security
- Anonymous communications, metrics, and performance
- Secure communication
- Attack detection and prevention for network security
- Cloud, data center and distributed systems security
- Digital investigation and threat intelligence
- Privacy enhancement techniques
- Trust management and evaluation in networks
- Secure applications and testbeds
Dr. Yuan Zhang
Prof. Dr. Wei Quan
Dr. Anjia Yang
Dr. Xiaojun Zhang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- network security
- symmetric cryptography
- applied cryptography
- anonymous communications
- attack detection and prevention
- data security
- digital investigation
- privacy preservation
- trust management
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Published Papers
Symmetry - ISSN 2073-8994