A large number of advanced security books focus on either cryptography or system security which covers both information and network security. However, there is hardly any text available for advanced students and research scholars in security research to systematically study how the major attacks are studied, modeled, planned and combated by the community. The proposed book will fill this gap by creating a scholarly value if focused content related to specific attacks or attack families irrespective of the attack target or victim application is provided. These dedicated discussions (in the form of individual chapters) may cover the application or area specific aspects while discussing about the placement of defense solutions to combat the attacks. We envision this book to have 12 to 15 high quality invited chapters which address important attacks from theoretical (modeling) as well as practical aspects.
This edited book can really become a great resource if each chapter brings a comprehensive and structured information about an attack or an attack family. We plan to present crisp detailing on the state of the art with quality illustration of defense mechanisms and open research problems. An example list of widely studied attacks/ attack families are given below. Many of these attack families have common characteristics with other families in this list. However, their isolated study of attacks and defense mechanisms is equally important and needed to bring its real and salient properties into discussion. As editors, we would like to bring a necessary balance between the commonality and the independent identity by bringing the required coverage.
The book will have edited chapters focusing on cyber security attacks and defense mechanisms.
Aim and Scope:
The major aim of this book is to provide a comprehensive base to the recent research and open problems in the area of cyber security research. We have felt that it is the much-needed ingredient to the researchers/ scholars who are about to start their research in the emerging area. State of the art problems, present solutions, and open research directions will always be positively welcomed by all the research groups, post-graduate programs, Doctoral programs around the globe in computer science and information technology.
This book will provide a comprehensive aid to prospective researchers and scholars who are considering working in this area. Being an emerging area, cyber security and related aspects have become a matter of extreme interest of budding researchers in the area. This book is aimed to provide a complete sketch towards all the research areas, recent works and open research problems in security research. Collecting and streamlining all these works in a single book requires large collaborative efforts from the community across the globe. This has also been envisaged that this book will continue to become a source of large interest for the time to come and would require adaptations time to time.
3. Full chapter submission: December 1, 2017
4. Chapter reviews feedback due date: December 25, 2017 (Each chapter will be reviewed by two/three experts to ensure the quality of work)
5. Camera-ready submission of revised chapters due date: January 15, 2018