Call for Papers

Special Issue of Informatics
Human Factors in Security and Privacy in IoT (HFSP-IoT)
http://www.mdpi.com/journal/informatics/special_issues/HFSP-IoT

Editors:
Karen Renaud ( k.renaud@abertay.ac.uk )
Melanie Volkamer ( melanie.volkamer@kit.edu )

We welcome submissions on the topic of the SECURITY and PRIVACY in the
context of IoT, focusing on the human aspect.

This special issue of the Informatics journal welcomes submissions on the
topic of the security and privacy in the context of IoT while focusing on the
human aspect. IoT contains smart home including devices such as digital
assistances (e.g. google home and alexa) and smart health, including
devices such as fitness tracker. There are several aspects, which are of
high interest for this special issue including:

 - Investigations into the deployment of these solutions, especially
     studies related to acceptability of these solutions.;

 - Research into how humans are expected to interact with IoT devices
     to secure them, how they can be compromised,
 - Research into how humans are expected to configure IoT devices to
     preserve their privacy, and perceptions of privacy-related IoT
     behaviours.
 - Studies that reveal new security vulnerabilities or privacy violations
     facilitated by the design of the “Human-IoT” interface.
 - Studies on users’ awareness and perception of potential security and
     privacy threats and risks

We would really like to include some solutions in our special issue: those
that address vulnerabilities and potential privacy invasiveness of IoT
devices. Our overall theme is IoT, and we will accept a wide range of
papers related to either security or privacy of IoT devices, either in or out
of the home.

IoT includes smart home including devices such as digital assistants
(e.g.  google home and alexa) and smart health including devices such
as fitness trackers. 


Deadline: 30 November 2018