BLOCKCHAIN_CFC 2019 : CYBERSECURITY AND PRIVACY: ARCHITECTURES, CHALLENGES AND APPLICATIONS

Submission deadline: May 30, 2019

EDITORS:

Dr. Yassine Maleh, IEEE Senior Member, Hassan 1st University, Morocco
Dr. Mohammad Shojafar, Ryerson University, Canada
Dr. Mamoun Alazab, IEEE Senior Member, Charles Darwin University, Australia
Dr. Imed Romdhani, Edinburgh Napier University , UK

SCOPE:
The blockchain is the best new tool of the decade. However, at the beginning of 2019, this subject is still experiencing a severe lack of understanding and awareness on the part of the general public. This is a problematic starting point for the full success of its evolution.

As a revolutionary technology, Blockchain provides a practical solution to enable a secure and decentralized public ledger that a huge plethora of exciting new technology applications in several areas, such as the Internet of Things (IoT), Cyber-Physical Systems, Manufacturing, Supply-Chain, etc.

Blockchain technology has infiltrated all areas of our lives, from manufacturing to healthcare and beyond. Cybersecurity is an industry that has been significantly affected by this technology and maybe more so in the future. The main goal of this project is to encourage both researchers and practitioners to share and exchange their experiences and recent studies between academia and industry. The overall objectives are:

To improve the awareness of readers about Blockchain technology application in cybersecurity.
To analyze and present the state-of-the-art of the Blockchain technology and cybersecurity and related technologies and methodologies.
To highlight and discuss the recent development and emerging trends Blockchain for Cybersecurity and Privacy.
To propose new models, practical solutions and technological advances related to Blockchain for Cybersecurity and Privacy.
To Discuss new Blockchain models, prototypes and protocols for Cybersecurity and Privacy.

TOPICS:
- Theory of Blockchain in Cybersecurity
- Blockchain-based security tools, techniques and procedures for Industrial - - Internet of Things and cyber-physical systems
- Blockchain for securing cyber infrastructure and Internet of Things networks
- Blockchain-based security solutions of critical infrastructures
- Blockchain-based authentication, authorization, and accounting mechanisms
- Applications of blockchain technologies in digital forensic and threat hunting
- Forensics readiness of blockchain technologies
- Security and privacy aspects of blockchain technologies
- Applications of blockchain technologies in computer & hardware security
- Blockchain-based threat intelligence and threat analytics techniques
- Formal specification of trust behaviors and patterns
- Blockchain-based open-source tools
- Forensics readiness of blockchain technologies
- Security and privacy aspects of blockchain technologies
- Vulnerabilities of smart contracts

SUBMISSION:
Authors are invited to submit their full chapter by May 30, 2019.

Note: There are no submission or acceptance fees for manuscripts submitted to this book publication. All manuscripts are accepted based on a double-blind peer review editorial process.

Submission link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=blockchain190

Manuscripts submitted for the book must be original, must not be previously published or currently under review anywhere. The manuscript must be prepared with MS-Office (doc or docx). Kindly do not use any special formatting or macro for the submission version, doc or docx file. General guideline is: Use A4 page with 1 inch (or, 2.54 cm) margin on all sides, single column format, 1.5 line spacing with 11 point sized font, Times New Roman. An all-in-one PDF file may be submitted for the initial submission however, if the chapter is accepted, this formatting style must be followed and MS-Office file must be supplied. We will deliver camera-ready chapters of the book to the publisher. The author’s guide and template can be found here.

NB: The chapter prior to submission should be checked for plagiarism from licensed plagiarism softwares like Turnitin etc. The similarity content should not exceed 20% (in any case either self contents or others).

PUBLICATION:
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CONTACT:
For questions regarding the book, please contact:
Dr. Yassine Maleh: [email protected]