  In the era of generative artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things,
while there is explosive growth in the volume of data and the associated need
for processing, analysis, and storage, several new challenges are faced in
identifying spurious and fake information and protecting the privacy of
sensitive data. This has led to an increasing demand for more robust and
resilient schemes for authentication, integrity protection, encryption,
non-repudiation, and privacy-preservation of data. The chapters in this book
present some of the state-of-the-art research works in the field of
cryptography and security in computing and communications.
