Journal of Cybersecurity and Privacy

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Cyber Security and Digital Forensics—2nd Edition

edited by

Mario Antunes

and

Carlos Rabadão

submission deadline 30 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2595 | Submission Open

Keywords: information security; cybersecurity auditing; cybersecurity and information security compliance; cybersecurity governance and regulations; cyber situational awareness; digital forensics for cybersecurity; digital forensics incident response; digital forensics automation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Security Engineering & Applications)

Intrusion/Malware Detection and Prevention in Networks—2nd Edition

edited by

Feng Wang

and

Yongning Tang

submission deadline 10 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2053 | Submission Open

Keywords: distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack and defense; explainable prevention strategies; profiling normal or abnormal system behaviors; metrics for evaluating the effectiveness of intrusion detection techniques; access control; biometrics; jamming attack and defense; trojan attack and defense; viruses and malware; covert channel detection; malware and unwanted software

(This special issue belongs to the Section Security Engineering & Applications)

Security and Privacy of Intelligent Industrial Internet of Things

edited by

and

submission deadline 20 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 735 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent industrial IoT training; artificial intelligence; edge computing; IoT innovative applications; IoT technologies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Security Engineering & Applications)

Cybersecurity Risk Prediction, Assessment and Management

edited by

Gahangir Hossain

, Ibrahim Lazrig and

Murray Jennex

submission deadline 30 Jul 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 77527 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Security Engineering & Applications)

Cybersecurity in the Age of AI and IoT: Challenges and Innovations

edited by

Moutaz Alazab

and

Ammar Alazab

submission deadline 10 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 873 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence (AI); internet of things (IoT); cybersecurity; AI-driven applications; threat modeling; risk assessment; intrusion detection; machine learning; privacy protection; data protection; financial markets security; government security strategies; emerging trends; secure AI applications; secure iot systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Security Engineering & Applications)

Multimedia Security and Privacy

edited by

Arslan Munir

submission deadline 10 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 11535 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Security Engineering & Applications)

Data Protection and Privacy

edited by

Chrysostomos Stylios

Vasiliki Liagkou

and Kyriakos Stefanidis

submission deadline 20 Nov 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 21676 | Submission Open

Keywords: cybersecurity and privacy in industrial environments; security in cyber– physical environments; cryptography in I4.0; security and privacy in industrial control systems; IoT security and privacy; IoT system and network security; privacy protection and privacy-by-design; blockchains and smart contracts for IoT; trust issues in intelligent IoT devices; IoT threat detection and risk management; incident response and vulnerability management in IoT infrastructures; IoT privacy protection; secure data management and trading in industrial environments; privacy-enhancing technologies for Ι ο Τ devices; IoT Identity management; artificial intelligence (AI)-based security; machine learning and data protection for I4.0; standardization activities for I4.0 security; quantum and post-quantum I4.0 cryptography; IoT side-channel attacks

(This special issue belongs to the Section Privacy)

Building Community of Good Practice in Cybersecurity

edited by

Martin Gilje Jaatun

, Pierangelo Rosati, Hanan Hindy and Aunshul Rege

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 15463 | Submission Open

Keywords: cyber situational awareness; security in artificial intelligence and robotics; human factor cognition and security; security in blockchain technologies; STEM and cyber security education; social media; wearable; and web analytics security; cyber security; application container platform security; cyber incident response

(This special issue belongs to the Section Security Engineering & Applications)

Cloud Security and Privacy

edited by

Martin Gilje Jaatun

Massimiliano Rak

and

Ferhat Ozgur Catak

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 19367 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Privacy)

Applied Cryptography

edited by Yangguang Tian and

Danda B. Rawat

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 585 | Submission Open

Keywords: cryptography and cryptanalysis; applied cryptography; cryptography for iot and blockchains; cryptography for secure computing; cryptography for data protection; privacy-preserving technologies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cryptography and Cryptology)

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