Special issue on cyber security, crime, and forensics of wireless networks and applications
Security and Communication Networks · 2015
The recent advances in cutting-edge electronic and computer technologies and wireless communications have paved the way for the proliferation of wireless networks, encompassing cellular, vehicular, body area, underwater, mobile ad hoc, and sensor networks. Wireless networks, allowing communications from any device, anywhere and anytime, bring a wide range of emerging and disruptive applications in manufacturing, healthcare, military, personal entertainment, safety, and rescue. However, the increasing sophistication and scale of cyber security and crimes in wireless networks have challenged traditional techniques of securing devices, applications, and traffic of wireless networks. Particularly, as the threats and vulnerabilities continue to grow in ubiquitous wireless networks, devices, and applications, it is crucial and imperative for researchers and practitioners of wireless networks to understand the entire cyber attack and crime spectrum on wireless networks and applications and explore new technologies to mitigate and thwart these attacks, as well as to monitor, capture, and analyze security attacks via forensics analysis. The central theme of this special issue is to investigate novel methodologies, protocols, and theories for modeling cyber attacks and cyber crimes in wireless networks and to seek new tools, systems, and techniques for cyber-based forensics analysis in wireless networks. This SI CFP solicits submissions of high-quality unpublished papers reporting original works in both theoretical and system research in the areas of cyber security, crime, and forensics of wireless networks and applications. Topics of interests include, but not limited to the following: