Feature Papers in the Section of Network Security and Privacy
A special issue of Journal of Sensor and Actuator Networks (ISSN 2224-2708). This special issue belongs to the section "Network Security and Privacy".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 1732
Special Issue Editors
Interests: internet architecture and applications; multimedia; IoT; smart city; smart home; UAV; software defined networking; network function virtualization; 5G/6G
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Interests: QoS; wireless networks and high-speed networks
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Interests: distributed computing; algorithmic engineering; software engineering
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue spotlights high-quality feature papers that provide a broad overview of the field of network security and privacy.
The scope of this Special Issue includes, but is not limited to, the following topics:
- Security architectures of telecommunication systems;
- Security in open telco infrastructures;
- Key agreement protocols and mechanisms;
- Cryptography for advanced secure protocols;
- The security of supporting ICT infrastructures;
- The security and privacy of ICT generic products;
- The confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information;
- Quantum computing risks and challenges;
- Security risk assessment and security assurance;
- Regulation progress on security assessment.
Dr. Jordi Mongay Batalla
Prof. Dr. Pascal Lorenz
Dr. Ioannis Chatzigiannakis
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.
Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Journal of Sensor and Actuator Networks is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.
Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2000 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.
Keywords
- security and privacy
- key agreement protocols
- cryptography
- security of ICT infrastructures
- confidentiality
- integrity and availability
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