Emerging Topics in Industrial Control Systems and SCADA Cyber Security
A special issue of Information (ISSN 2078-2489). This special issue belongs to the section "Information Security and Privacy".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2025 | Viewed by 169
Special Issue Editors
Interests: critical infrastructure protection; authentication methods; IDS
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Interests: cyber security; security of industrial control systems/SCADA; digital forensics; cyber physical systems
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The 7th International Symposium for ICS & SCADA Cyber Security brought together researchers with an interest in the security of industrial control systems in the light of their increasing exposure to cyberspace. The topics of interests were broad, ranging from security for hardware/firmware used in industrial control systems to system aspects of ICS, such as secure architectures and vulnerability screening, as well as human aspects of cyber security, such as behaviour modelling and training. ICS-CSR is a research conference that was created to share high-quality academic research on any of the specified themes and topics of interest. We welcome original contributions that present innovative ideas, proof of concept works, use cases, and results from a variety of domains with the aim of enhancing infrastructure security.
The authors of a number of selected high-quality full papers are invited to submit revised and extended versions of their originally accepted conference papers to this Special Issue of Information, an open access journal published by MDPI. The selection of these papers will be based on their ratings in the conference review process, the quality of their presentation during the conference, and their expected impact on the research community. Each submission to this Special Issue should contain at least 50% new material, e.g., in the form of technical extensions, more in-depth evaluations, additional use cases, or a change to the title, abstract, or keywords. These extended submissions will undergo peer review according to the journal’s process. At least two technical committees will act as reviewers for each extended article submitted to this Special Issue; if needed, additional external reviewers will be invited, to guarantee a high-quality reviewing process.
Prof. Dr. Leandros Maglaras
Prof. Dr. Helge Janicke
Dr. Richard Smith
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- encryption, authentication, and availability assurance
- resilient systems
- application security
- secure firmware
- communication systems
- timing vulnerabilities in rt-control systems
- security implications of feature interactions
- post-quantum cryptography
- secure communication protocols
- incident response
- critical infrastructure protection
- threat profiling
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