Hardware Security and Cryptographic Implementations

Dear Colleagues,

Growing concerns about the vulnerabilities and trustworthiness of hardware systems have attracted enormous research efforts concerning countermeasures and design methodology. The hardware is no longer considered the “root of trust”, and it faces ever-growing and evolving threats and attacks. The increasing complexity and heterogeneity of devices and the globalization of the semiconductor supply chain create both full-spectrum challenges and research opportunities. On the other hand, with the anticipated deployment of quantum computers over less than a decade, hardware implementation of cryptographic algorithms is of paramount importance, especially for those ubiquitous and resource-constrained devices, many of which require real-time performance.

This Special Issue of the journal Cryptography seeks the most recent novel contributions on a broad range of topics in the domain of hardware security and cryptographic implementations. The topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Cryptographic algorithms for embedded and edge devices;
• Crypto-processors and coprocessors;
• Code obfuscation;
• Cloud-specific hardware security;
• Design for security tools;
• FPGA security;
• Hardware security primitives;
• Hardware Trojans, especially in third-party Ips;
• IoT and cyber-physical system security;
• Machine learning-assisted techniques for hardware security;
• Quantum cryptanalysis;
• Run-time frameworks for monitoring and mitigation;
• Reverse engineering;
• Side-channel analysis and protection techniques;
• System and architectural protection techniques;
• Trusted computing platforms.

Dr. Kris Gaj
Dr. Xiaofang Wang
Dr. Danai Chasaki
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Cryptography is an international peer-reviewed open access quarterly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 1600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

• cryptographic algorithms
• hardware security
• quantum cryptanalysis
• cyber-physical system security