This book includes original, peer-reviewed research articles from International Conference on Advances in Computer Engineering and Communication Systems (ICACECS 2022), held in VNR Vignana Jyoythi Institute of Engineering and Technology (VNR VJIET), Hyderabad, Telangana, India, during August 11–12, 2022. The book focuses on “Smart Innovations in Mezzanine Technologies, Data Analytics, Networks and Communication Systems” enlargements and reviews on the advanced topics in artificial intelligence, machine learning, data mining and big data computing, knowledge engineering, semantic Web, cloud computing, Internet of Things, cybersecurity, communication systems, and distributed computing and smart systems.

All aspects of dependability and security, from hardware, software, systems, and networking perspectives

This LNCS 13407 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Information and Communications Security, ICICS 2022, held in Canterbury, UK,, in September 2022. The 34 revised full papers presented in the book were carefully selected from 150 submissions The papers are organized around the following topics: Cryptography, Authentication, Privacy and Anonymity, Attacks and Vulnerability Analysis, Artificial Intelligence for Detection, and Network Security and Forensics.

Quantum computing is a field in which advanced technologies like quantum communication, artificial intelligence and machine learning can be used to secure and speed up connectivity using quantum computers, quantum drones or quantum satellites. This book serve as a foundation for researchers and scientists in this field. Future technologies, such as quantum drone delivery systems, quicker internet and climate change mitigation, will need quantum information processing and quantum computation. This book deeply explores the importance of quantum computing in real-time applications. It may be used as a reference book for students in higher education, including undergraduate and graduate students, as well as researchers. Key features: Provides a clear insight into the Internet of Drones for academicians, postdoc fellows, research scholars, graduate and postgraduate students, industry fellows and software engineers Useful to professionals who seek information about the Internet of Drones, including experts in quantum computing and physics and post-quantum cryptography, as well as data scientists and data analysts Covers quantum computing and security for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) or drones which are widely useful for applications such as military, government, and non-government systems Explores futuristic aspects of the Intenet of Drones to improve everyday living for ordinary people

This book comprehensively reviews searchable encryption, which represents a series of research developments that directly enable search functionality over encrypted data. The book majorly covers: 1) the design and implementation of encrypted search algorithms, data structures, and systems that facilitate various forms of search over always-encrypted databases; 2) different threat models, assumptions, and the related security guarantees, when using searchable encryption in the real-world settings; and 3) latest efforts in building full-fledged encrypted database systems that draw insights from searchable encryption constructions. The book fits in the timely context, where the necessity of safeguarding important and sensitive data has been globally recognized. Traditional security measures, such as storing data behind network firewalls and layers of access control mechanisms to keep attackers out, are no longer sufficient to cope with the expanding landscape of surging cyber threats. There is an urgent call to keep sensitive data always encrypted to protect the data at rest, in transit, and in use. Doing so guarantees data confidentiality for owners, even if the data is out of their hands, e.g., hosted at in-the-cloud databases. The daunting challenge is how to perform computation over encrypted data. As we unfold in this book, searchable encryption, as a specific line of research in this broadly defined area, has received tremendous advancements over the past decades. This book is majorly oriented toward senior undergraduates, graduate students, and researchers, who want to work in the field and need extensive coverage of encrypted database research. It also targets security practitioners who want to make well-informed deployment choices of the latest advancements in searchable encryption for their targeted applications. Hopefully, this book will be beneficial in both regards.

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Quantitative Evaluation Systems, QEST 2020, held in Vienna, Austria, in August/September 2020. The 12 full papers presented together with 7 short papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 42 submissions. The papers cover topics such as classic measures involving performance and reliability, quantification of properties that are classically qualitative, such as safety, correctness, and security as well as analytic studies, diversity in the model formalisms and methodologies employed, and development of new formalisms and methodologies.