Special Issue on Multidisciplinary Solutions to Modern Cybersecurity Challenges

== Guest Editors ==

Luca Caviglione, National Research Council of Italy (CNR) / Institute for Applied Mathematics and Information Technologies (IMATI), Italy
Email: luca.caviglione@ge.imati.cnr.it

Steffen Wendzel, Hochschule Worms, Fachbereich Informatik, Germany
Email: wendzel@hs-worms.de

Aleksandra Mileva, Faculty of Computer Science, University "Goce Delcev", Repubic of N. Macedonia
Email: aleksandra.mileva@ugd.edu.mk

Simon Vrhovec, University of Maribor, Slovenia
Email: simvrh@gmail.com

== Aims and Scope ==

Modern network and computing scenarios are characterized by a complex continuum spread across a variety of technological and administrative domains. For instance, cloud infrastructures are used to offload personal devices, wireless/4G/5G links allow mobility, and low-power communications and edge/fog computing enable to integrate cyber-physical systems in the daily routine. Besides, highinteraction and smart services span across multiple areas, e.g., product vendors, telcos, proprietary Software-as-a-Service deployments, as well as several nations (possibly with incompatible laws). In this perspective, the Internet is a collection of IoT devices, traditional hosts, wearable and mobile devices as well as individuals, which is responsible of producing a huge load of sensitive data. At the same time, the attack surface is magnified by such a heterogeneity and new reconnaissance techniques; attacks and weaponization of threats targeting both the cyber and physical security of users and nodes are released on a daily basis. As a consequence, assessing the cybersecurity of modern ICT platforms and frameworks requires a multi/interdisciplinary effort, and the technological background must be completed with knowledge borrowed from different fields such as behavioral sciences, sociology, criminology, investigations and law. In this vein, the European Interdisciplinary Cybersecurity Conference (EICC 2020) is the venue for the exchange of information on cybersecurity and where to present the most cutting-edge research on the sophisticated mix of technologies characterizing modern ICT services.

This Special Issue aims at mixing extended versions of papers presented at EICC and papers accepted from an “open call” dealing with solutions, problems, defense mechanisms, forensics issues, threat analysis and development of countermeasures that leverage or require a multidisciplinary approach.

Topics for this Special Issue include (but are not limited to):

* Cybersecurity and cyber resilience
* Cyber insurance
* Digital privacy
* Digital currency, blockchains and cybercrime
* Law, investigation, internet jurisdiction and ethics
* Child safety in the cyberspace
* Cyber forensics
* Surveillance, interception, blocking and sovereignty
* Cyber warfare
* Network security
* Critical infrastructure security
* Embedded systems security
* Business continuity and disaster recovery
* Information security governance
* Security management
* Cloud security
* Internet of things security
* Big data and cybersecurity
* Healthcare information security
* Software development security

== Important Dates ==

* Regular Paper Submission Deadline: 15 April 2021
* Notification: 15 July 2021
* Revised Version (incl. Rebuttal): 14 October 2021
* Final Notification: 13 January 2022
* Camera-ready Version: 3 February 2022

== Submission ==

To submit a paper, please log onto the JoWUA online submission system:

http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=jowua11

The paper should include a cover paper indicating that it is submitted to this special issue.