Call for
Papers
IEEE Network Magazine
Special Issue on
Cyber Security of Networked Critical
Infrastructures
The daily lives of millions of
people depend on processing information and material through a
network of critical infrastructures. Critical infrastructures include
agriculture and food, water, public health, emergency services,
government, the defense industrial base, information and
telecommunications, energy, transportation and shipping, banking and
finance, chemical industry and hazardous materials, post, national
monuments and icons, and critical manufacturing. Disruption or
disturbance of critical infrastructures can lead to economical and
human losses. Additionally, the control network of most critical
installations is integrated with broader information and
communication systems, including the company business network. Most
maintenance services on process control equipment are performed
remotely. Further, the cyber security of critical infrastructure
systems has come into focus recently as more of these systems are
exposed to the Internet. Therefore, Critical Infrastructure
Protection (CIP) has become a topic of interest for academics,
industries, governments, and researchers in the recent years. A
common theme among critical infrastructure is the dependence upon
secure cyber systems for command and control.
This special issue
will focus on network aspects that impact the cyber security of
Critical Infrastructure Protection and Resilience. Tutorial based
manuscripts which cover recent advances in one or more of the topic
areas below are requested. Topics may include (but are not limited
to):
- Security of supervisory control
and data acquisition (SCADA) systems
- Security of the
smart grid
- Cyber security of industrial control
systems
- Security of complex and distributed critical
infrastructures
- DNS and Internet Security (as critical
infrastructures)
- Security metrics, benchmarks, and data
sets
- Attack modeling, prevention, mitigation, and
defense
- Early warning and intrusion detection
systems
- Self-healing and self-protection systems
- Advanced forensic methodologies
- Cyber-physical systems security approaches and
algorithms
- Critical infrastructure security
policies, standards and regulations
- Vulnerability and
risk assessment methodologies for distributed critical
infrastructures
- Simulation and testbeds for the security
evaluation of critical infrastructures
Manuscript
Submission
Submission must follow the IEEE Network
manuscript guidelines at http://www.comsoc.org/netmag/paper-submission-guidelines.
Articles should be of tutorial in nature. Mathematical equations
should be kept to a minimum. A limit of 10 references is recommended.
Articles should not exceed 4500 words. Figures and tables should be
limited to a combined total of six. Authors should submit their
manuscripts in PDF through ScholarOne (ManuscriptCentral) for IEEE
Network Magazine at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/network-ieee/. Choose
this special issue from the drop down menu on the submission page.
Authors uncertain about the relevance of their paper to this special
issue should inquire with the guest editors before submission at netcipsi@gmail.com.
Schedule
Submissions
deadline: June 1, 2012
Author notifications: September 1,
2012
Accepted papers in final form: November 1,
2012
Publication of special issue: January 2013
Guest
Editors
Saeed Abu-Nimeh
Damballa Inc., USA
Ernest
Foo
Queensland University of Technology Australia,
Australia
Igor Nai Fovino
Global Cyber Security Center,
Italy
Manimaran Govindarasu
Iowa State University,
USA
Tommy Morris
Mississippi State University,
USA