Guest Editorial Security, Reliability, and Safety in IoT-Enabled Maritime Transportation Systems

Guest Editorial: Special Issue on Maritime Transportation and Port Logistics

Guest Editorial: Emerging Software Reliability and System Security Technologies

Due to the quick development of mobile, ubiquitous, cloud, network and communication systems and applications, many computer and communication systems, wired or wireless, have been proposed to provide their users (human or other systems) with different services. However, hackers may anytime and anywhere attack these systems for stealing a company’s business secrets or a person’s credit card inf...

Guest Editorial: Special Section on Security in Distributed Computing Systems

RESEARCH in the area of security of computing systems has always been of utmost importance, particularly in recent years as orchestrated attacks have sought to cripple critical infrastructures. Security issues in distributed computing systems involve reducing vulnerabilities as well as giving system management the insight and control needed to defend distributed information systems. All aspects...

Guest Editorial: Advances in Applied Security

In this special issue, we have selected five papers from the 6th International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (ARES 2011)1 and its workshops to show the breadth of research. The ARES conference brings together researchers and practitioners in the area of security. ARES highlights the various aspects of security—with special focus on the crucial linkage between availability...

Guest Editorial Special Issue on Cloud Computing for IoT

IN RECENT years, there has been a growing interest in the ability of embedded devices, sensors, and actuators to communicate, and create a ubiquitous cyber-physical world. The growth of the notion of the Internet of Things (IoT) and the rapid development of technologies such as short range mobile communication and improved energy-efficiency is expected to create a pervasive connection of “thing...