Editorial: Special issue on security of information and networks

All aspects of the modern life are related to processing, communicating, storing and retrieving of information in computer networks and systems. Security of information and networks is of vital importance and very highly relevant nowadays in view of rampant attacks on information systems, evolving BYOD practices in enterprises, and particularly due to drives towards cloud-based integration of enterprise systems. The title of this special issue for the International Journal of Information Security and Privacy (IJISP) is therefore coined precisely as “Special Issue on Security of Information and Networks”. This special issue focuses on innovative methods and techniques for addressing unique security issues introduced by new computing paradigms. Original submissions reflecting latest research observations and achievements in the following areas were invited: Access control and intrusion detection; Cyber Physical Systems; Autonomous and adaptive security; Security tools and development platforms; Computational intelligence techniques in security; Security ontology, models, protocols & policies; Computer network defense; Standards, guidelines and certification; Cryptographic techniques and key management; Security-aware software engineering; Industrial applications of security; Trust and privacy; Information assurance; Cyber Warfare (attacks and defenses); Cloud security; Malware analysis; Network security and protocols; and, Security challenges in Mobile/Embedded Systems. Submissions for this special issue were open to original, high quality contributions that were not published or currently under review by other archival journals or peer-reviewed conferences with formal proceedings. Extended versions of a selection of the best papers from The 8th International Conference on Security of Information and Networks (SIN’15) were especially invited to submit their papers to the special issue. SIN 2015 was organized in technical cooperation with the ACM Special Interest Group on Security, Audit and Control (SIGSAC); it was held on 8-10 September 2015, in the Black Sea coast, in a beautiful “Tropical resort” Winter Olympics city called Sochi in Russia. SIN Conferences series provides an international forum for academicians as well as professionals presenting research in and applications of security in information and networks. There were twenty-six submissions to this special issue which would indicate the overwhelming interest from the security community. Each submission was reviewed by three experts in security and closely related areas. Following two rounds of reviewing, six high quality papers were finally accepted for publication in the special issue, resulting in an acceptance rate of 23%. Some other worthy papers could not be accepted due to enforcing the timeliness of the special issue and the space limitations. Special Issue on Security of Information and Networks