Innovative Authentication Methods
A special issue of Computers (ISSN 2073-431X). This special issue belongs to the section "ICT Infrastructures for Cybersecurity".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (28 February 2023) | Viewed by 14827
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Interests: agricultural internet of things; network security; information security; privacy preservation; risk management
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Interests: cyber security of critical infrastructure; operational technology; IIoT and IoT; access control; policy-based management; cyber-warfare and peacekeeping
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Interests: agricultural internet of things; wireless network security; network coding security; applied cryptography
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Interests: cyber security; intrusion detection systems; network security; connected vehicles
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Due to the rapid increase in sophisticated cyber threats that target critical infrastructures with significant destructive effects, the cyber security of critical infrastructures has become an agenda item for academics, practitioners, and policy makers. Initial compromise of the systems through Remote Desktop (RDP) has been the major attack vector over the last few years, especially since the COVID-19 outbreak. Such a compromise is possible due to weak credentials, lack of two-factor authentication or use of a secure tunnel (VPN) to access the RDP.
Single-factor authentication using passwords has inherent security flaws from multiple perspectives. Severe security breaches such as the Adobe password database hack caused the security community to understand that centralising security credentials can have disastrous consequences, even if the credentials are encrypted. As a result, there has been an increasing demand from large organisations for provision of a second method of authentication to protect their users. Due to this demand, development of multi-factor authentication tools has become increasingly pertinent for companies such as Google and Microsoft as a way of authenticating users with something more than just their password. Some companies, such as Yahoo, have even replaced passwords with a push notification on the user’s mobile device when they log in.
In this Special Issue, both research and practical aspects of Innovative authentication methods are of interest. Aligned with the interdisciplinary nature of cyber security, authors from academia, governments, and industry are welcome to contribute. We seek original and high-quality submissions on, but not limited to, one or more of the following topics:
- User authentication
- Software-based authentication solutions
- Hardware-based authentication solutions
- Biometrics
- Dynamic face authentication systems
- Password-based authentication
- Authentication methods with PIN codes
- Authentication methods for electronic medical record access
- Authentication methods for UAV communication
- Blockchain-based authentication methods
- Authentication strategies for online banking
- Passwordless authentication
Prof. Dr. Leandros Maglaras
Prof. Dr. Helge Janicke
Dr. Mohamed Amine Ferrag
Dr. Francisco J. Aparicio-Navarro
Guest Editors
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