New Trends in Cryptography, Data Security and Privacy with Robust Authentication and Access Control

Dear Colleagues,

In today's rapidly evolving digital landscape, safeguarding sensitive private information and digital property is of utmost importance, and cryptography stands as a cornerstone in this sphere, while fine-grain access control and reliable authentication mechanisms play pivotal roles in fortifying data privacy and security, especially for big data-driven applications.

This Special Issue, hosted by the Electronics journal, as part the section on Computer Science, seeks to explore emerging trends in cryptography, data security, and privacy with a specific focus on fine-grain access control and reliable authentication. We invite researchers and practitioners to contribute original research papers, review articles, and case studies that advance the state-of-the-art in crypto-based data privacy and security research. Topics of interest include novel cryptographic protocols, algorithms, and implementation of real-world systems like AI models and cyber-physical systems. By fostering interdisciplinary collaboration and promoting the development of innovative solutions, we aim to pave the way for more secure, privacy-preserving, and reliable digital information systems.

Submissions should align with the scope of the Special Issue and contribute to the advancement of knowledge in this critical domain, with the list of possible topics for this Special Issue including, but not being limited to:

- Access control encryption;

- Fine-grined access control;

- Multi-factor authentication;

- Context-aware authentication;

- Access control and authentication for encrypted data;

- Private computing;

- Secure multiparty computation;

- Crypo-based AI model security;

- Privacy-preserving inference;

- Secure and privacy-preserving distributed/fedearted learning.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Guowen Xu
Dr. Hao Ren
Dr. Jianfei Sun
Guest Editors

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• applied cryptograph
• data security and privacy
• access control and authentication