The Security and Privacy of Sensor and Actuator Networks

Dear Colleagues,

With advances in distributed computing, communication, signal processing, and control technologies, a new generation of large-scale sensor and actuator networks is emerging. Two defining features of these networks are that: 1) they are integrated into safety-critical and strategically important infrastructure systems (power grids, smart buildings, transportation systems, water networks, public safety systems, etc.); and 2) they interact with and collect detailed data about individual citizens, in order to optimize system performance. As a result, security and privacy issues in these networks are key concerns, which have also been fueled in recent years by reports of an increasing number of attacks on critical infrastructure and by the inappropriate use of personal information by various data aggregators.

This Special Issue aims to present rigorous methodologies for the design of secure and private sensor/actuator networks and cyber-physical systems (CPSs) in general. We welcome the submission of both theoretical contributions presenting novel ideas to enforce various formal notions of security and privacy, as well as the description of practical but rigorous solutions to protect CPS against real-world attacks.

Dr. Jerome Le Ny
Guest Editor

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