AIM

The journal’s mission is to bring together thought, academic research and corporate practice in all Cryptography and Network Security areas in a reader-friendly format. The journal aims to publish high-quality peer–reviewed articles in the area of Cryptography and Network Security. The research published in the journal is practically relevant, so the results are helpful for managers in leadership roles related to projects, programs, and portfolios. Therefore, the research’s theoretical and managerial implications need to be considered. In other words, the journal seeks excellent contributions to theory and practice and strongly values rigour and relevance.

SCOPE

The Editors reserve the right to reject article(s) without sending them out for review. Submitted articles must be within the scope of the journal. All submitted articles go through a double-anonymized peer review process. Articles for the regular issue can be submitted electronically throughout the year. The scope includes (but is not limited to) the following topics related to Cryptography and Network Security:  

  • Cryptographic Protocols
  • Cryptography and Coding
  • Untrace-Ability
  • Privacy and Authentication
  • Key Management
  • Authentication
  • Trust Management
  • Quantum Cryptography
  • Computational Intelligence in Security
  • Artificial Immune Systems
  • Biological & Evolutionary Computation
  • Intelligent Agents and Systems
  • Reinforcement & Unsupervised Learning
  • Autonomy-Oriented Computing
  • Coevolutionary Algorithms
  • Fuzzy Systems
  • Biometric Security
  • Trust Models and Metrics
  • Regulation and Trust Mechanisms
  • Data Integrity
  • Models for Authentication
  • Trust and Authorization
  • Wireless Network Security
  • Information Hiding
  • Data & System Integrity
  • Access Control and Intrusion Detection
  • Intrusion Detection and Vulnerability Assessment
  • Authentication and Non-Repudiation
  • Identification and Authentication
  • Insider Threats and Countermeasures
  • Intrusion Detection & Prevention
  • Secure Cloud Computing
  • Security Information Systems Architecture and Design and Security Patterns
  • Security Management
  • Security Requirements (Threats, Vulnerabilities, Risk, Formal Methods, etc.)
  • Sensor and Mobile ad hoc Network Security
  • Service and Systems Design and QOS Network Security
  • System Security
  • Intrusion Detection
  • Secure end Systems
  • Secure Operating Systems
  • Data Base Security
  • Security Infrastructures
  • Security Evaluation
  • Software Security
  • Security and Privacy in Mobile Systems
  • Security and Privacy in Pervasive/Ubiquitous Computing
  • Security and Privacy in Web Services
  • Security and Privacy Policies
  • Security Area Control
  • Security Deployment
  • Security Engineering
  • Security for Grid Computing
  • Security in Distributed Systems
  • Network Security
  • Internet Security
  • Firewalls
  • Mobile Security
  • Security Agents
  • Protocols
  • Anti-Virus and Anti-Hacker Measures
  • Content Protection
  • Software Protection
  • Tamper Resistant Software
  • Electronic Commerce
  • Electronic Government
  • Health
  • Telecommunications
  • Mobility
  • Foundations
  • Privacy
  • Access Control
  • Identification
  • Applied Cryptography
  • Formal Methods in Information Security