-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [computational.science] CFP - Journal of Security and Communication Networks, Special Issue on Protecting the Internet of Things - 1 week remaining Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2011 11:47:58 +0200 From: Rodrigo Roman roman@lcc.uma.es Organization: "ICCSA" To: Computational Science Mailing List computational.science@lists.iccsa.org
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Call for Papers: Protecting the Internet of Things in Journal of Security and Communication Networks (Wiley) http://www.interscience.wiley.com/journal/security
Submission Due 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)
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. However, 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.
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 at http://www.interscience.wiley.com/journal/security). Prospective authors should submit their papers online at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/scn. 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.
Guest Editors:
Jim Clarke Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland E-mail: jclarke@tssg.org Website: http://www.tssg.org/people/jclarke/
Stefanos Gritzalis University of the Aegean, Greece E-mail: sgritz@aegean.gr Website: http://www.icsd.aegean.gr/sgritz/
Rodrigo Roman University of Malaga, Spain E-mail: roman@lcc.uma.es Website: http://www.lcc.uma.es/~roman/
Jianying Zhou Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore E-mail: jyzhou@i2r.a-star.edu.sg Website: http://icsd.i2r.a-star.edu.sg/staff/jianying/