Applied AI for cybersecurity in smart enterprises

Dear Colleagues,

Modern enterprises are complex systems that include humans, machines, items, and procedures. The COVID-19 pandemic situation has introduced and boosted the smart working modality in which, in many cases, workers use their own devices and, more in general, mobile devices. These devices can be used in a promiscuous way also considering multiple users within the same cohabiting set. As a result, items and procedures are prone to many attacks. Machine learning and artificial intelligence can be used to detect malicious activities at central level as well as at mobile endpoints. This Special Issue is aimed at reporting methods for traffic analysis and modeling. Threat intelligence can identify patterns in data to enable systems to learn from experience. Moreover, it must be considered that attack schemes can be modeled to some extent and zero-day attacks are a major issue. Lightweight portable intrusion detection system is a desirable element in such scenario. Enterprises are managing a large amount of vulnerabilities on a daily basis. In many cases, user behavior understanding plays a crucial role. This SI, according to the NIST framework for cybersecurity, calls for articles related to the application of artificial intelligence in enterprises in the five concurrent and continuous functions: Identity, Protect, Detect, Respond and Recover.

This Special Issue is part of the activities of the project "Suite products CyberSecurity and SOC" co-funded by BV TECH S.p.A. within the call "Fondo Europeo di Sviluppo Regionale Puglia POR Puglia 2014 - 2020 - Axis I - Specific Objective 1a - Action 1.1 (R&D)"

Dr. Donato Impedovo
Prof. Giuseppe PIRLO
Guest Editors

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