Special Issue on Mobile Systems, Mobile Networks and Mobile Cloud: Security, Privacy and Digital Forensics

Notification Due

Jul 23, 2026

Final Version Due

Jul 23, 2026

Submission Deadline

May 26, 2017

Dear Colleagues,

The use of smartphones and mobile devices has been an indispensable part of our everyday life and work. With personal financial and medical information and job-related data being processed on mobile systems, mobile networks, and mobile cloud, it is critically important that the development and advancement of secure mobile operating systems, secure mobile cloud and applications, secure mobile devices and cellular networks keep up with the ever-growing smartphone usage.

The scope of this Special Issue encompasses the security, privacy, and digital forensics of mobile systems, mobile networks and mobile cloud, including but not limited to Android, iOS and Windows Mobile operating systems, mobile device, systems and applications, the modelling, design and testing of mobile system, networks and cloud with security and privacy in mind, secure mobile methodologies and algorithms, and secure mobile applications as well as cellular networks. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to) the following subject categories:

Android, iOS, and Windows Mobile security and privacy

Digital forensics on mobile operating systems, applications and smartphones

Secure mobile application development

Smartphone device/hardware security

Mobile and cloud application security and digital forensics

Mobile and cloud user authentication and authorization

Multi-factor mobile and cloud authentication

Mobile and cloud user privacy

Intrusion detection and recovery on mobile OS, applications, smartphones and cloud

4G and 5G security

Modeling, design and testing secure mobile cloud

Secure algorithms and methodologies for mobile cloud

Secure and efficient private mobile cloud

Secure mobile cloud application design and development

Vulnerability detection and remediation of mobile cloud

Mobile and cloud device and applications management

For submissions and more information about the special issue, please visit http://www.mdpi.com/journal/information/special_issues/mobisec.

Dr. Lei Chen

Dr. Wenjia Li

Dr. Rami Haddad

Guest Editors