Dear Colleagues,
As cyber threats to critical infrastructure grow increasingly sophisticated and frequent, the need for innovative methodologies and interdisciplinary approaches to identify, assess, and mitigate systemic vulnerabilities has become increasingly critical. Cybersecurity and infrastructure protection stand at the forefront of this transformation, offering new pathways for safeguarding essential services and ensuring operational continuity. Meanwhile, the digitalization of critical infrastructure presents both unprecedented opportunities for efficiency and resilience and significant challenges in managing complex threat landscapes, coordinating multi-sector responses, and maintaining public trust and safety.
This special issue aims to explore the intersection of cybersecurity, critical infrastructure protection, interdisciplinary collaboration, and risk governance. It seeks to highlight cutting-edge research, technological advancements, and strategic frameworks that enhance the design, implementation, and adaptive management of resilient infrastructure security systems. Topics of interest include:
• Cyber-physical system security and industrial control network protection
• Interdisciplinary cybersecurity frameworks for energy, transport, and water sectors
• Equity, access, and regional disparities in infrastructure cyber resilience
• The evolving role of public-private partnerships in critical infrastructure defense
• Ethical considerations and accountability in cyber incident response and disclosure
• Data integrity, threat intelligence sharing, and operational continuity in secure environments
• Comparative studies on cyber resilience across infrastructure types and regions
• Policy and workforce development for sustainable infrastructure security governance
We welcome original research articles, case studies, and reviews that contribute to advancing the dialogue and practice in this dynamic and evolving field.
Manuscript Submission Information
Authors should submit their manuscripts for the special issue by emailing them as an attachment to specialissue@hillpublish.com or by using the online submission system. The manuscript should be submitted by one of the authors, and submissions by anyone other than the authors will not be accepted. Additionally, the submitted manuscript should include a cover letter that specifies the special issue to which the manuscript is being submitted.
Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). The submitted papers should be properly formatted and written in fluent English. All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a double-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Guidelines page.