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As a distinct and rapidly expanding class of Internet infrastructure, the Internet of Things (IoT) connects billions of devices across homes, industries, cities, and critical systems. These devices play vital roles in domains such as healthcare, transportation, energy, and manufacturing, enabling real-time monitoring, automation, and intelligent decision-making. However, the growing scale and ubiquity of IoT deployments have also introduced a complex and evolving attack surface that traditional security solutions are ill-equipped to handle. The security landscape of IoT is characterized by heterogeneity in hardware and software platforms, limited computational resources, and fragmented standards across vendors. Threats can arise from numerous sources, including device misconfigurations, outdated firmware, insecure communication protocols, or malicious interference with sensor data and control logic. Furthermore, IoT systems often operate in untrusted environments, where physical access and environmental manipulation by adversaries are realistic threats. Traditional security mechanisms (typically rule-based, static, and designed for more homogeneous computing environments) struggle to scale effectively in this context.
As IoT becomes deeply embedded in critical infrastructure and everyday life, ensuring its security is no longer optional, it is imperative. There is an urgent need for systematic approaches that can address vulnerabilities across the software, network, and physical layers of IoT systems; detect and respond to anomalies in real time; generate secure configurations for diverse device ecosystems; and ensure resilience against both external and insider threats. This special issue seeks to highlight recent advances in IoT security, with a particular focus on scalable, practical, and cross-layer solutions. We welcome research that addresses foundational challenges as well as emerging threats in real-world IoT deployments.
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