Symmetry in Cyber Security and Privacy

Dear Colleagues,

Symmetry in cybersecurity and information security strives to establish harmony between defensive measures and potential threats. It emphasizes the need for proportional and balanced security strategies that adapt to the evolving threat landscape. By achieving symmetry, organizations can enhance their resilience, reduce vulnerabilities, and protect their critical assets from malicious actors.

In recent years, several cyber security methods have been proposed in different fields, but traditional approaches cannot be directly applied to ensure the security of Cyber Physical Systems (CPSs) due to their increasing complexity and more sophisticated attacks. These methods can be challenged by the growing volume of data. They require domain-specific knowledge and innovative solutions integrating advanced AI, Blockchain models, and different sources of information, e.g., from IoT sensors and Cloud environments, and information on topology.

In this Special Issue, we present proposed research works on advanced approaches based on artificial intelligence and Blockchain to strengthen the security of Cloud-assisted CPS and mobile edge computing.

Dr. Azidine Guezzaz
Dr. Mourade Azrour
Guest Editors

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• computer security
• intrusion detection
• Internet of Things
• machine learning
• deep learning