[ogsa-wg] Special Issue "Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructures: During and after the Era of COVID-19 Pandemic"

[Mohamed Amine FERRAG]

Special Issue "Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructures: During and after
the Era of COVID-19

 Pandemic"
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/applsci/special_issues/Cybersecurity_Critical_Infrastructures


Dear Colleagues,

Critical National Infrastructures (CNIs) are vital assets for public
safety, economic welfare and the national security of countries.
Vulnerabilities of critical infrastructures have increased with the
widespread use of information technologies.

Moreover, during the COVID-19 crisis, the workforce is being encouraged to
continue teleworking while most products and services have become available
over the web.  Phishing emails, social engineering attacks, malware,
ransomware, spyware, medical-related scams and investment opportunity fraud
are only a few examples of the cybercrime incidents reported during the
COVID-19 crisis period.

As Critical National Infrastructures are becoming more vulnerable to cyber
attacks, their protection becomes a significant issue for any organization
as well as any nation. The risks to continued operations from failing to
upgrade aging infrastructure, or not meeting mandated regulatory regimes,
are considered higher given the demonstrable impact of such circumstances.

Due to the rapid increase in sophisticated cyber threats targeting critical
infrastructures with significant destructive effects, the cyber security of
CNIs has become an agenda item for academics, practitioners and policy
makers. A holistic view that covers technical, policy, human and behavioral
aspects is essential to effectively handle the cyber security of critical
infrastructures. Moreover, the ability to attribute cyber attacks is a
vital element of avoiding impunity in cyberspace.

In this Special Issue, both research and practical aspects of cyber
security considerations in critical infrastructures are of interest.
Aligned with the interdisciplinary nature of cyber security, authors from
academia, governments and industry are welcome to contribute.

We seek original and high-quality submissions on, but not limited to, one
or more of the following topics:

   - Security of the smart grid
   - Security of supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems
   - Cyber security of complex and distributed critical infrastructures
   - Cyber security of industrial control systems
   - Cyber security modeling and simulation
   - Cyber threat modeling and analysis
   - Safety–security interactions
   - Cyber security engineering
   - Behavioral modeling
   - Network security and protocols
   - Security, privacy and legal issues of big data and the Internet of
   Things
   - Cyber threat intelligence
   - Situational awareness
   - Attack modeling, prevention, mitigation and defense
   - Cyber–physical system security approaches and algorithms
   - Critical infrastructure security policies, standards and regulations
   - Vulnerability and risk assessment methodologies for distributed
   critical infrastructures
   - Risk management and cyber insurance
   - Simulation and test beds for the security evaluation of critical
   infrastructures

Dr. Leandros Maglaras
Prof. Dr. Helge Janicke
Dr. Mohamed Amine Ferrag
*Guest Editors*

Keywords

   - security of the smart grid
   - security of supervisory control and data acquisition (scada) systems
   - cyber security of complex and distributed critical infrastructures
   - cyber security of industrial control systems
   - cyber security modeling and simulation
   - cyber threat modeling and analysis
   - safety–security interactions
   - cyber security engineering
   - behavioral modeling
   - network security and protocols
   - security, privacy and legal issues of big data and the Internet of
   Things
   - cyber threat intelligence
   - situational awareness
   - attack modeling, prevention, mitigation and defense
   - cyber–physical system security approaches and algorithms
   - critical infrastructure security policies, standards and regulations
   - vulnerability and risk assessment methodologies for distributed
   critical infrastructures
   - risk management and cyber insurance
   - simulation and test beds for the security evaluation of critical
   infrastructures
   - resiliency and security of cyber systems
   - cyber security and privacy policy
   - hardware security solutions
   - incident response
   - encryption, authentication, availability assurance
   - human awareness and training
   - intrusion detection
   - trust and privacy
   - secure communication protocols
   - malware analysis
   - attribution of cyber attacks
   - cyber warfare, peacekeeping
   - hybrid war
   - cybercrime
   - COVID-19 pandemic
   - coronavirus


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*Dr. Mohamed Amine Ferrag*
Associate Professor (PhD, Habilitation)
Department of Computer Science
Guelma University, BP 401 Guelma 24000, Algeria
Tel. : +213 661 87 30 51
E-mails: mohamed.amine.ferrag at gmail.com /
ferrag.mohamedamine at univ-guelma.dz
Homepage : https://sites.google.com/site/mohamedamineferrag/
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