Call for Papers: Protecting the Internet of Things in Journal of Security and Communication Networks
The vision of the Internet of Things (IoT), supported by industrial companies and governments all over the world, marks an evolution that will surely have a great impact on our environments and our lives. The central element of this vision is the existence of a network of interconnected objects (from books to cars, from electrical appliances to food) that will be able not only to obtain information from their surroundings and interact with the physical world, but also to use existing Internet standards to provide services.
Security is extremely important for achieving this goal. As this
worldwide network of interconnected objects can be exploited anywhere
by anyone and anytime, it is necessary to enhance it with strong
security foundations able to give birth to a world-changing paradigm.
In fact, in order to adequately protect the IoT, there are plenty of
factors that must be taken into account. For example, the protection of
the different building blocks, the creation of interoperable security
mechanisms, the development of new services that allow multiple
entities (e.g., human beings, machines, objects) to cooperate with each
other, and the management of all the information produced by those
interactions. This special issue is proposed to cover research results
and innovation case studies on security for the
Internet of Things.
Topics of interest include but are not limited to:
- New security problems in the context of the IoT.
- Privacy risks and data management problems.
- Identifying, authenticating, and authorizing entities.
- Development of trust frameworks for secure collaboration.
- New cryptographic primitives for constrained "things".
- Connecting heterogeneous ecosystems and technologies.
- Legal Challenges and Governance Issues.
- Resilience to external and internal attacks.
- Context-Aware security.
- Providing protection to an IP-connected IoT.
- Web services security and other application-layer issues.
- Distributed policy enforcement and rights management.
- Usability of Security and Privacy Technologies in the context of the IoT.
Important Dates:
Manuscript due: 15th April 2011 (Extended)
First Review Results: Late June 2011
Final Acceptance Notification: August/September
2011
Camera Ready Manuscript due: Late August/September
2011
Publication: November/December 2011 (Tentative)
- Submitted papers must represent high-quality and previously unpublished works.
- Original research papers are solicited in all areas on security for the Internet of Things.
- All submissions will be peer reviewed by at least three experts working in the areas.
- The guidelines for prospective authors can be found here
- Prospective authors should submit their papers online here
When submitting the papers, the authors should make sure to choose the Manuscript type as 'Special Issue', and enter 'Running Head' and 'Special Issue title' as 'SCN-SI-029' and 'Internet of things', respectively.
