Advanced Cybersecurity and Privacy-Enhancing Technologies
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Computing and Artificial Intelligence".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 March 2025 | Viewed by 1197
Special Issue Editor
Interests: cryptographic protocols; privacy; zero-knowledge proofs; homomorphic encryption; threshold cryptography; secure multi-party computation; pairing-based cryptography; PKI; blockchain and cryptocurrencies; multiparty threshold ECDSA for hot and cold wallets
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Dear Colleagues,
Privacy-Enhancing Technologies (PETs) represent a critical class of digital tools designed to protect and enhance user privacy by applying established privacy principles during the collection, processing, analysis, and sharing of information. These technologies are essential for protecting the confidentiality and privacy of personal data, ensuring compliance with internationally recognized privacy standards and legal frameworks, such as the OECD Privacy Guidelines and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). A key principle underpinning many PETs is data minimization, which promotes the reduction in or elimination of personally identifiable information in data collection processes, thereby reducing privacy risks. PETs include a range of cryptographic protocols and techniques, including encryption, hashing, digital signatures, threshold cryptography, multi-party computation, homomorphic encryption, zero-knowledge proofs, and other advanced methods. These technologies aim to provide anonymity, pseudonymity, and unobservability for users and data subjects, addressing the inherent risks associated with data usage while maximizing its utility.
This Special Issue seeks to explore and advance novel security and cryptographic systems and architectures addressing the current challenges in the PET field. We invite contributions that push the boundaries of the state of the art, focusing on innovative solutions enhancing the privacy, security, and usability of data in the digital age. The topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the development and application of PETs across various domains, with a particular emphasis on cryptographic advancements and their practical implementations.
Dr. Mehmet Sabir Kiraz
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- cybersecurity
- Privacy-Enhancing Technologies (PETs)
- cryptographic protocols
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