Academic Articles & Research Papers

Low Pathogenic Avian Influenza H9N2 Viruses in Morocco: Antigenic and Molecular Evolution from 2021 to 2023

Avian influenza viruses pose significant threats to both the poultry industry and public health worldwide. Among them, the H9N2 subtype has gained substantial attention due to its high prevalence, especially in Asia, the Middle East, and Af...

Event-Based Moving Target Defense in Cloud Computing With VM Migration: A Performance Modeling Approach

The domain of information security is undergoing significant evolution to address the increasingly complex challenges aimed at bolstering system resilience against attacks. The Moving Target Defense (MTD) methodology, which entails altering...

A Review of Cybersecurity Concerns for Transactive Energy Markets

Advances in energy generation and distribution technology have created the need for new power management paradigms. Transactive energy markets are integrated software and hardware systems that enable optimized energy management and direct t...

Detecting command injection attacks in web applications based on novel deep learning methods

Abstract Web command injection attacks pose significant security threats to web applications, leading to potential server information leakage or severe server disruption. Traditional detection methods struggle with the increasing complexity...

The Significance of Machine Learning and Deep Learning Techniques in Cybersecurity: A Comprehensive Review

People in the modern era spend most of their lives in virtual environments that offer a range of public and private services and social platforms. Therefore, these environments need to be protected from cyber attackers that can steal data o...

An Explainable AI-Driven Zero-Day Attack Detection Framework for Securing Edge Devices in Smart Cities

The rapid proliferation of edge computing in smart cities has enhanced real-time data processing capabilities, but it has also exposed critical vulnerabilities to sophisticated cyber threats such as zero-day attacks. Traditional signature-b...

Zero Trust VPN (ZT-VPN): A Systematic Literature Review and Cybersecurity Framework for Hybrid and Remote Work

Modern organizations have migrated from localized physical offices to work-from-home environments. This surge in remote work culture has exponentially increased the demand for and usage of Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), which permit remot...

A Comprehensive Cybersecurity Audit Model to Improve Cybersecurity Assurance: The CyberSecurity Audit Model (CSAM)

Nowadays, private corporations and public institutions are dealing with constant and sophisticated cyberthreats and cyberattacks. As a general warning, organizations must build and develop a cybersecurity culture and awareness in order to d...

A survey of emerging threats in cybersecurity

The Role of Machine Learning in Cybersecurity

Machine Learning (ML) represents a pivotal technology for current and future information systems, and many domains already leverage the capabilities of ML. However, deployment of ML in cybersecurity is still at an early stage, revealing a s...

Integrating Adversarial Scenarios into LLM Security Labs: An Experience Report on a Hands-On Approach

This paper presents an exploratory case study detailed as a pedagogical experience report on integrating adversarial Large Language Model (LLM) scenarios into a graduate cybersecurity curriculum. In addition to prompt injection, sophisticat...

A Review of the Insider Threat, a Practitioner Perspective Within the U.K. Financial Services

The insider threat within organisational cybersecurity continues to be of great concern globally. The current insider threat detection strategies are acknowledged as ineffective, evidenced by the increased reported events in high-profile in...

Cybersecurity in DevOps Environments: A Systematic Literature Review

This systematic literature review provides a comprehensive analysis of the most critical cybersecurity challenges in DevOps environments. Through a rigorous examination of 62 peer-reviewed articles published between 2016 and 2025, we identi...

How Are Czech Individuals Willing to Protect Themselves: A Comparison of Cyber and Physical Realms

Endpoint users are usually viewed as the highest-risk element in the field of cybersecurity. At the same time, they need to be protected not just from the individual-level prism but also, from the states perspective, to counter threats like...

Adversarial XAI Methods in Cybersecurity

Machine Learning methods are playing a vital role in combating ever-evolving threats in the cybersecurity domain. Explanation methods that shed light on the decision process of black-box classifiers are one of the biggest drivers in the suc...

A Review on Cybersecurity

In recent years the cybersecurity has evolved significantly in order to cater to the changes that occur within the cyberspace. Cybersecurity is the means by which a country or organization can utilize to protect its products and information...

Cybersecurity Essentials

Cybersecurity is critical for protecting the data, systems, and operations of non-profit organizations. This book introduces essential cybersecurity concepts, common threats, and best practices for safeguarding digital assets. It provides p...

Recent Advances on Federated Learning for Cybersecurity and Cybersecurity for Federated Learning for Internet of Things

Decentralized paradigm in the field of cybersecurity and machine learning (ML) for the emerging Internet of Things (IoT) has gained a lot of attention from the government, academia, and industries in recent years. Federated cybersecurity (F...

China and Cybersecurity

China's emergence as a great power in the twenty-first century is strongly enabled by cyberspace. Leveraged information technology integrates Chinese firms into the global economy, modernizes infrastructure, and increases internet penetrati...

Cybersecurity Risks in a Pandemic

Cybersecurity threats are estimated to cost the world US $6 trillion a year by 2021, and the number of attacks has increased five-fold after COVID-19. Although there is substantial literature on the threats technological vulnerabilities hav...