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Security, trust and privacy for human-centric internet of things

This thematic series publishes articles that cover the various developments in theory and practice related to case studies to security, trust, and privacy for human-centric internet of things (IoT).  The articles present research contributions that help solve the challenges that arise in developing a secure and privacy-aware human-centric IoT through security policies, algorithms, protocols, frameworks, and solutions for human-centric IoT ecosystems. 

Lead guest editor: 
Kyung-Soo Lim, Electronics and Telecommunication Research Institute, Korea

Guest editor:
Isaac Woungang, Ryerson University, Canada
Javier López, University of Málaga, Spain
Sherali Zeadally, University of Kentucky, USA
Damien Sauveron, XLIM (UMR CNRS 7252 / Université de Limoges), France

  1. The necessity to improve security in a multi-cloud environment has become very urgent in recent years. Although in this topic, many methods using the message authentication code had been realized but, the resu...

    Authors: Leila Megouache, Abdelhafid Zitouni and Mahieddine Djoudi
    Citation: Human-centric Computing and Information Sciences 2020 10:15
  2. This paper proposes a methodology based on the concept of Human Factors to obtain Cybersecurity profiles. The profiles are determined by a set of parameters that help model the skills of individuals (potential of...

    Authors: Ana Nieto and Ruben Rios
    Citation: Human-centric Computing and Information Sciences 2019 9:39
  3. The threat to critical water system infrastructure has increased in recent years as is evident from the increasing number of reported attacks against these systems. Preventative security mechanisms are often n...

    Authors: Daniel T. Ramotsoela, Gerhard P. Hancke and Adnan M. Abu-Mahfouz
    Citation: Human-centric Computing and Information Sciences 2019 9:13