Security and Privacy in Software Based Critical Contexts
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Internet of Things".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 February 2023) | Viewed by 11615
Special Issue Editors
Interests: software engineering; cybersecurity aspects
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Nowadays, software is a central piece in any advanced system/product development. This is mainly due to added value provided by the software within these environments, especially in critical contexts such as health, bank, automotive and so forth. In fact, the role of software is becoming more relevant than before from a security and privacy points of views. Data and security breaches are in the news almost every day. Several improvements are under way to tackle and to overcome the issues rising from these systems. For example, security by design-based approaches are being considered as the main approach for dealing with security in any development. However, there are still some improvements in terms of methods and tools to be integrated within the traditional systems. At the same time, privacy is also considered as a cornerstone because most of the times these systems are disclosing sensitive data to third parties. Therefore, data disclosure is considered and integrated within these systems. From a standardisation point of view, critical contexts are usually considered high regulated environments, and the role of the standards and reference models are being studied. Finally, regulations such as GDPR are compromising these systems and products’ developments by including new methods and tools for guaranteeing and complying the different laws applicable to specific products.
Topics to be considered:
- access control
- anonymity
- applied cryptography
- authentication
- cyber warfare and security
- complex systems security
- critical infrastructure protection
- data and application security
- data protection
- formal methods for security and privacy
- human factors in security and privacy
- identity management
- insider threats
- intrusion detection and prevention
- legal and ethical issues
- security and privacy metrics
- security and privacy policies
- security and privacy in cloud computing
- security and privacy in grid computing
- security and privacy in industrial systems
- security and privacy in sensor networks
- security and privacy in smart grid and distributed generation systems
- security architectures
- security management in complex scenarios
- surveillance systems
- threats, vulnerabilities, and risk management
Dr. Xabier Larrucea
Dr. Juan José Unzilla
Guest Editors
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