The Directive on security of network and information systems (NIS Directive) is the first piece of EU-wide legislation on cybersecurity. It provides legal measures to boost the overall level of cybersecurity in the EU.

The purpose of this SI is threefold:

to increase our understanding with regards to business-related barriers and challenges stemming from the NIS directive,

to strengthen the capacity of both public and private sectors on protection of critical infrastructure, including Internet, cyber and tourism security, in order to prevent and react in an efficient manner to potential risks and threats to related facilities and

to promote awareness and understanding of the necessary balance between economic and security issues.

Paper submissions: Submission to this special issue is open articles that can address issues on cyber Security of Critical Infrastructures. All the submitted papers will be peer reviewed by the Guest Editors and reviewers of the Special Issue.

The special issue accepts papers dealing with the following topics of interest (but not limited to):

Hardware Security Solutions
Incident response
Encryption, Authentication, Availability Assuranc
Hardware Forensics
System Vulnerabilities
Human Awareness & Training
Intrusion Detection
Trust and privacy
Behavioral Modeling
Secure Communication Protocols
Malware analysis
Network security and protocols
Risk Assesment of CIs
Threat profiling


https://escripts.eai.eu/publication/231-cyber-security-of-critical-infrastructures