To many people, smartphones and other mobile devices have been an indispensable part of daily life and work. With personal financial and medical information and job related data being processed on mobile devices, systems and networks as well as the connected mobile cloud, it is critically important that the development and advancement of secure mobile operating systems, secure mobile applications, secure smartphone devices, secure cellular networks and secure mobile cloud all keep up with the ever‐growing mobile usage. For this reason, this research area has been a very important sector in the network, telecommunication and cloud industry and a focus of funded research projects in many research institutes.
The scope of The Special Issue on The Security, Privacy, and Digital Forensics of Mobile Networks and Mobile Cloud encompasses the security, privacy, and digital forensics of mobile systems, mobile networks and mobile cloud, including but not limited to Android, iOS and Windows Mobile operating systems, smartphones and applications for these platforms and devices, as well as cellular networks and mobile cloud and applications. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to) the following subject categories:
Android, iOS, and Windows Mobile security and privacy
Digital forensics on mobile operating systems, applications and smartphones
Secure mobile application development
Smartphone and mobile device/hardware security
Mobile application and mobile cloud application security and digital forensics
Mobile user and mobile cloud user authentication and authorization
Multi‐factor mobile system and mobile cloud authentication
Mobile user and mobile cloud user privacy
Mobile vulnerability detection and remediation
Intrusion detection and disaster recovery on mobile OS, applications, smartphones, cellular networks and mobile cloud
Mobile device and mobile cloud management
Modeling, design and testing for secure mobile cloud
Secure algorithms and methodologies for mobile cloud
Secure and efficient private mobile cloud
4G and 5G security
Security and privacy in mobile edge computing
Paper Submission
DCN, fully open and accessed by ScienceDirect, publishes rigorously peer‐reviewed and high quality original articles and authoritative reviews. Only original and unpublished research papers will be considered in this special issue. Authors should follow the Digital Communications and Networks (DCN) manuscript format described in the Information for Authors at DCN journal website (http://www.journals.elsevier.com/digital‐communications‐and‐networks/ ).
Prospective authors should submit an electronic copy to the Elsevier DCN on‐line manuscript system via (https://www.evise.com/profile/#/DCAN/login) according to the following timetable and choose the article type as “SI: The Security, Privacy, and Digital Forensics of Mobile Networks and Mobile Cloud”.
Time Table
Manuscript submission: September 29, 2017
Acceptance notification: December 8, 2017
Final manuscript due: January 12, 2018
Publication date: February 2018
Guest Editors
Dr. Lei Chen, Georgia Southern University, USA (Email: Lchen@georgiasouthern.edu)
Dr. Guofei Gu, Texas A&M University, USA (Email: guofei@cse.tamu.edu)
Dr. Wenjia Li, New York Institute of Technology, USA (Email:wli20@nyit.edu)
Dr. Rami Haddad, Georgia Southern University, USA (Email: rhaddad@georgiasouthern.edu)
For any queries, contact
Lchen@georgiasouthern.edu