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Call for papers Wiley’s Security and Communication Networks Special Issue on Security of e-Systems Aims & Goals The dependence of people on electronic systems (e-systems) has increased tremendously in recent years. Examples of e-systems include stand-alone computers, wired and wireless networks, cellular telephony networks, corporate web sites, electronic service, e-commerce and e-payment systems, e-government systems, etc. Many corporations and businesses rely heavily on the effective, proper and secure operation of e-systems. In most cases such systems are used for storing, transmitting and exchanging sensitive and confidential information on marketing, credit records, income tax, trade secrets, etc. The access of such data by unauthorized users may entail loss of money or releasing confidential information to competitors or enemies. Moreover, one would desire that security is provided in an e-system in a cost efficient manner. Therefore, the need to efficiently secure e-systems is vital for the success of any enterprise. Desired services in a secure e-system include: Authentication: This aims at assuring that a communication is authentic. Confidentiality or secrecy: Information is only available to the right people. Integrity: Information is not modified during the transmission/processing process. Availability: Information can be accessed uninterruptedly. Non-repudiation: The service should guarantee that neither the sender of the message/request can deny the transmission nor the receiver can deny the reception of the message/request. Access control: This service grantees that access to information be controlled by (or on behalf) of the target system. Access control is the ability to limit and control access to host systems and applications via communication links. Scope of Contributions This special issue aims at providing a timely and concise research results in the field of security of e-systems. In this context, papers are solicited reporting on representative topics, which include but are not limited to, the following list: Public key cryptosystems Authentication and digital signatures PKI systems Biometric-based security systems Trust management in communication networks Electronic security applications including e-government, e-commerce and e-services security. Security of web services Intrusion detection systems Virtual private networks (VPNs) security Computer and network security risk management Submission Only original and unpublished research papers will be considered in this special issue. All submissions will be reviewed based on technical merit and relevance. Guidelines for prospective authors can be found on-line at http://www.interscience.wiley.com/journal/security). Prospective authors should submit their paper online at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/scn. When submitting the papers, the authors MUST make sure to select Manuscript type as "Special Issue", enter the "Running Head" and the "Special Issue title" as "SCN-SI-045" and "Sensor Security", respectively. Failure to do so may result in reject of your submission without review. Inquiries about the special issue can be sent to:[email protected] or [email protected]. Important dates Submission due: July 31, 2012 Acceptance Notification: October 15, 2012 Final versions due: November 30, 2012 Tentative Publication date: March 2013 Guest Editors Mohammad S. Obaidat Department of Computer Science Monmouth University West Long Branch, NJ07764, USA Email: [email protected] Petros Nicopolitidis Department of Informatics Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Box 888, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece Email: [email protected] Weili Han Software School Fudan University No. 825, Zhangheng Road, Shanghai, China Email: [email protected] _______________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications (TCCC) - for discussions on computer networking and communication. [email protected] https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc
