Cybersecurity in Cloud Computing
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Computing and Artificial Intelligence".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2022) | Viewed by 10065
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Interests: computer architecture and embedded systems; algorithm complexity; parallel and distributed applications in homogeneous and heterogeneous environments; GPGPU and high-performance computing; cloud computing; big data
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Interests: Internet of Things; security of data; health care; blockchains; diseases; learning (artificial intelligence); data privacy; patient monitoring; cryptography; decision support systems; mobile robots; neural nets; authorisation; computer network security
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Interests: access control; cyber threats intelligence; blockchain technologies & decentralized applications; cyber crime investigation and prediction; cyber security learning and training
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
It is our pleasure to announce the opening of a new Special Issue in the Applied Sciences Journal.
The main topics of the Issue will regard cybersecurity threats, challenges and solutions in cloud computing and associated domains, including blockchain-based decentralized cloud computing, smart cities and factories, e-Health solutions and IoT applications. According to Eurostat, 36 % of EU enterprises used cloud computing in 2020 with an increase of 12% compared to 2018. McKinsey’s survey estimated that by 2021, about 35% of all enterprise workloads will be on the public cloud, while 40% of companies will use two or more infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) and software-as-a-service (SaaS) providers. Despite the increased demand for cloud computing systems and services over the past decade, a demand that was additionally accelerated due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the public or private adoption of the cloud remains limited. One of the major issues that hinders its widespread use are security issues in terms of data confidentiality, data integrity and privacy, infrastructure protection, network and applications security, virtualization challenges as well as services’ availability. Addressing security and privacy concerns is also fundamental in related data-centric domains that feature distributed and heterogeneous components, including IoT ecosystems, smart cities, smart factories and Industry 4.0 as well as smart grids. Among the different cybersecurity applications in such environments, it is also worth mentioning the use of blockchain to strengthen security and offer non-repudiation.
The following are some of the topics proposed for this Special Issue (a non-exhaustive list):
- Security challenges in cloud environments;
- Use of blockchain to address security and privacy issues;
- Methods, algorithms and applications for vulnerability remediation and risk mitigation;
- Security and privacy challenges in IoT applications and low-power embedded systems;
- Secure mechanisms for the storage, sharing and accessing of sensitive data in the healthcare industry, including novel COVID-19 applications;
- Cybersecurity attacks on smart cities, smart grids, smart factories and Industry 4.0.
We look forward to receiving your contributions and reading your valuable research.
Dr. Charalampos S. Kouzinopoulos
Dr. Konstantinos Votis
Prof. Ioannis Mavridis
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- cybersecurity
- sensitive data
- threat intelligence
- cloud computing
- data security
- risk management
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