Well-known international security frameworks try to eliminate or mitigate different kinds of risks on the assets covered by their scopes (e.g., people, goods, information, and reputation). To date, to the best of our knowledge, any of these approache...
Context and motivation: Cyber-Physical Systems (CPSs) are gaining priority over other systems. The heterogeneity of these systems increases the importance of security. Both the developer and the requirement analyst must consider details of not only t...
Water scarcity, together with the projected impacts of water stress worldwide, has led to a rapid increase in research on measuring water security. However, water security has been conceptualized under different perspectives, including various aspect...
The Blockchain-based information security framework for health care big data environments is a framework designed for the secure storage, access, and transmission of health care data in big data environments. It combines the privacy and security adva...
The MITRE ATT&CK (Adversarial Tactics, Techniques, and Common Knowledge) Framework provides a rich and actionable repository of adversarial tactics, techniques, and procedures. Its innovative approach has been broadly welcomed by both vendors and...
Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) communication networks are highly vulnerable to eavesdropping due to their open and dynamic air–ground channels, making physical layer security (PLS) a critical design requirement. Existing security mechanisms ofte...
Swathes of global water challenges, such as water shortages, water pollution, water-related disasters, and degradation of water environments, have seriously threatened human development. The discussion of water security or insecurity has been instrum...
Water security demands guaranteeing economic, social and environmental sustainability and simultaneously addressing the diversity of risks and threats related to water. Various frameworks have been suggested to support water security assessment. They...
Network slicing is a core enabler of multi-tenant 5th Generation (5G) architectures, allowing heterogeneous services to coexist over shared infrastructure. However, ensuring effective isolation between slices remains a critical security challenge, as...
The trustworthiness of a system is not just about proving the identity or integrity of the hardware but also extends to the data, control, and management planes of communication between devices and the software they are running. This trust in data an...
Ambient intelligence is a new paradigm in the Internet of Things (IoT) world that brings smartness to living environments to make them more sensitive; adaptive; and personalized to human needs. A critical area where ambient intelligence can be used i...
In the face of escalating cyber threats to critical infrastructures, achieving robust cyber resilience has become paramount. This paper proposes an endogenous security-oriented framework for cyber resilience assessment, specifically tailored for crit...
The growing deployment of the Internet of Things (IoT) across various sectors introduces significant security and privacy challenges. Although numerous individual solutions exist, comprehensive frameworks that effectively combine advanced technologie...
The rise in generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) has led to the development of more sophisticated phishing email attacks, as well as an increase in research on using AI to aid the detection of these advanced attacks. Successful phishing email atta...
The growth of the Internet of Things (IoT) devices in the healthcare sector enables the new era of the Internet of Medical Things (IoMT). However, IoT devices are susceptible to various cybersecurity attacks and threats, which lead to negative conseq...
Authenticated encryption with associated data (AEAD) schemes based on stream ciphers, such as ASCON and MORUS, typically use nonlinear feedback shift registers (NFSRs) and linear feedback shift registers (LFSRs) to generate variable-length key stream...
Lately, the Internet of Things (IoT) has opened up new opportunities to business and enterprises; however, the cost of providing security and privacy best practices is preventing numerous organizations from adopting this innovation. With the prolifer...
Advancements in Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) technology facilitate ubiquitous network access for users, whereas satellite-based Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) offers a viable solution for long-distance quantum key exchange in scenarios lacking terre...
Autonomous vehicles (AVs) have revolutionized the automotive industry by leveraging data to perceive and interact with their environment effectively. Data safety is essential for supporting AV decision-making and ensuring reliability in complex envir...
In the Fourth Industrial Revolution era, data-based business management activities among enterprises proliferated are mainly based on digital transformation. In this change, the information security system and its operation are emphasized as essentia...
As large scale digitization continues to reform business processes, one critical challenge organizations are currently facing is managing the staggering amount of data flowing. Further, with large datasets comes the added complexity of insuring a cyb...
Integrated security stacks, which offer diverse security function chains in a single device, hold substantial potential to satisfy the security requirements of multiple tenants on a public cloud. However, it is difficult for the software-only or hard...
Interoperability has become crucial in the world of electronic health records, allowing for seamless data exchange and integration across diverse settings. It facilitates the integration of disparate systems, ensures that patient records are accessib...
The purpose of this study was to investigate security evaluation practices among small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in small South African towns when adopting cloud business intelligence (Cloud BI). The study employed a quantitative design in which...
Large organizations face a critical systems integration challenge when executing multiple concurrent security modernization programs. This paper examines the U.S. Department of Defense’s simultaneous implementation of three transformational ini...
Water scarcity represents an increasing threat to sustainable development, particularly in arid and semi-arid nations such as Egypt. Desalination has emerged as a principal alternative to increase water supply. This paper introduces a new framework,...
Water security is a multidimensional concept, but its meaning and application remain fragmented across research, policy, management, and public discourse. Because individuals, families, and communities are integral to socio-physical water systems, un...
Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) with limited battery, central processing units (CPUs), and memory resources are a widely implemented technology for early warning detection systems. The main advantage of WSNs is their ability to be deployed in areas t...
Climate change and human activities have caused a wide range of ecological risks in the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau (QTP) over the past two decades, such as land degradation and biodiversity loss. Therefore, it is imperative to assess the ecological...
Food security (FS) is one of the most elusive and sought-after objectives worldwide. Securing a country’s self-sufficiency— in the current COVID-19 pandemic era, more than ever—has become a prioritized mission. In the Middle East an...
Distributed photovoltaic (PV) power stations are core enablers for dual-carbon goals in modern power systems, with IoT-based monitoring systems serving as their nerve center for real-time data collection and grid dispatch. However, PV monitoring node...
Assessing energy security in the context of sustainable development, as well as the current geopolitical climate, is a highly important, timely, and complex challenge. Addressing this issue, this paper introduces a new multi-barrier methodological ap...
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Climate change impacts on the Canadian food system pose risks to human health. Little attention has been paid to the climate change, food security, and human health nexus, resulting in a number of knowledge gaps regarding food system components that...
To address the unclear classification of evaluation targets, insufficient characterization of inter-entity interactions, and the lack of a systematic summary of indicator applications in new power systems under source–grid–load–stor...
Assuring security and privacy of data is a key challenge for organizations when developing WBAN applications. The reasons for this challenge include (i) developers have limited knowledge of market-specific regulatory requirements and security standar...
The Internet of Things (IoT) has surfaced as a revolutionary technology, enabling ubiquitous connectivity between devices and revolutionizing traditional lifestyles through smart automation. As IoT systems proliferate, securing device-to-device commu...
The Internet of Things (IoT) continues to expand rapidly, with the Routing Protocol for Low-Power and Lossy Networks (RPL) serving as its core communication backbone. However, RPL remains vulnerable to a range of insider routing attacks such as the V...
The DPSIR model is a conceptual model established by the European Environment Agency to solve environmental problems. It provides an overall framework for analysis of environmental problems from five aspects: driving force (D), pressure (P), state (S...
The Vu Gia–Thu Bon (VG–TB) river basin is facing numerous challenges to water security, particularly in light of the increasing impacts of climate change. These challenges, including salinity intrusion, shifts in rainfall patterns, and re...
Lepidolite deposits are rare-metal deposits in which lepidolite is the principal industrial mineral. Owing to thin overburden and widespread open-pit mining, their exploitation supports raw material supply for the new energy industry but also continu...
The world’s urban population is expected to nearly double by 2050, making urbanization one of the most disruptive developments of the 21st century. On a global-to-local scale, ensuring a secure and reliable supply of food energy and water (FEW)...
Ecological security is related to human well-being, is closely linked to a region’s sustainable development, and is an essential cornerstone of any national security system. The Demonstration Zone of Green and Integrated Ecological Development...
The continuous expansion of the Internet of Things (IoT) has intensified the need to evaluate and guarantee the quality of entropy sources used in random number generation, an essential element in securing communications used in IoT ecosystems. This...
Under multiple stresses such as an arid climate, water scarcity, and desertification, inland river basins in arid regions represent a typically fragile ecosystem worldwide, and their ecological security faces increasingly complex and severe challenge...
As the rapid expansion of future mobility systems increases, along with the demand for fast and accurate X-ray security inspections, deep neural network (DNN)-based systems have gained significant attention for detecting prohibited items by construct...
The rapidly growing use of cloud computing raises security concerns. This study paper seeks to examine cloud security frameworks, addressing cloud-associated issues and suggesting solutions. This research provides greater knowledge of the various fra...
With the widespread adoption of wireless communication technologies in modern high-speed rail systems, the Train-to-Ground (T2G) communication system for Electric/Diesel Multiple Units (EMU/DMU) has become essential for train operation monitoring and...
The rapid progress of the Internet of Things (IoT) has continued to offer humanity numerous benefits, including many security and safety-critical applications. However, unlocking the full potential of IoT applications, especially in high-consequence...
This study addresses a gap in the literature by explicitly linking responsive web design frameworks to concrete cybersecurity vulnerabilities, moving beyond traditional discussions of usability and device compatibility to incorporate security-by-desi...
Web applications are widely used, and the applications deployed on the web do not always satisfy all the security policies. This may arise due to less secure configurations, less knowledge in security configurations, or due to insecure coding practic...
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