In recent years, there have been unprecedented technological advancements in next generation wireless communication-based Internet of Things (IoT), while many new challenges and opportunities have also emerged. Wireless networks are insecure by nature, and data transmitted in wireless networks are more susceptible to security attacks, such as eavesdropping or unauthorized access, than wired networks. In addition, complications arise in the presence of node mobility and dynamic network topology.

Considerable novel challenges have emerged with the rapid growth of advanced applications of wireless communications as academic, industrial, and commercial domains embrace wireless networks and the Internet of Things. For example, the large-scale network traffic, the heterogeneity of communication networks, and the adaptability requirements of new technologies expose the limitations of traditional network security methods. These methods are insufficient to adequately address existing security problems and hinder the application of wireless network systems in IoT paradigms. The emergence of new technologies such as quantum secure communication, edge computing, and blockchain further increases the complexity of information security in wireless communication enabled IoT.

This Special Issue invites participation from academic and industry researchers working on information security problems in wireless communication network-enabled IoT, including technologies, theories, services, architectures, and protocols. This Special Issue will provide a platform for researchers to present the latest cutting-edge research, as well as to shed light on future directions in this exciting area. We welcome both original research and review articles.

Potential topics include but are not limited to the following:

• Blockchain technologies in wireless communications networks
• Artificial intelligence technologies for information security in wireless communication networks
• Quantum secure communications for wireless communications networks and mobile computing
• Automated reasoning and inference for secure wireless communication networks
• Cryptography theory, verification, and application for wireless communication enabled IoT
• Artificial intelligence-based security technologies for wireless communication enabled IoT
• Database security in wireless communication enabled IoT
• Secure data transmission in wireless communication enabled IoT
• Trust and services computing for wireless communication enabled IoT
• Security and privacy protection for cloud/edge/mobile computing
• Security and privacy protection for industrial control systems
• Anomaly detection in wireless sensor data streams
• Development of hardware and software for reliable and secure wireless networks