Cryptology and Information Security Series

Aims and Scope

The Cryptology and Information Security (CIS) series presents the latest research results in the theory and practice, analysis and design, implementation, application and experience of cryptology and information security techniques. It covers all aspects of cryptology and information security for an audience of information security researchers with specialized technical backgrounds:

• cryptography
• cryptanalysis
• crypto hardware & implementations
• security services
• security protocols
• provable security
• formal security analysis
• malicious crypto/codes and prevention
• security in mobile/wireless/web/network/pervasive computing environments
• privacy
• security biometrics
• security management, practice & experience
• security economics and human factors
• information hiding, watermarking and steganology.

The CIS series includes the following types of publications:

• research monographs (based on high quality and significantly novel projects, PhDs, etc.)
• edited volumes (collection of chapters, surveys, tutorials, lectures by multiple qualified authors on a focus area, unconventional ideas, new notions or emerging technologies)
• proceedings (of refereed conferences on cryptology, information security, etc.)

Proposals for publication as a volume in the CIS series should be sent to the CIS Coordinating Editors Raphael C.-W. Phan and Jianying Zhou by email: cis@iospress.nl