The digital world is entering an era of unprecedented complexity. From cloud computing to edge intelligence, from blockchain to the metaverse, and from cyber–physical systems to large scale artificial intelligence (AI), the infrastructures that shape our society are becoming increasingly interconnected and interdependent. These advances create enormous opportunities; however, they also pose formidable challenges in ensuring that systems remain reliable, trustworthy, and secure. Reliability failures or cybersecurity breaches are no longer isolated technical issues. They can disrupt economies, compromise critical infrastructures, and erode public trust.
In this context, the Journal of Reliable and Secure Computing (JRSC) has been launched to provide an international, peer reviewed platform that directly addresses these urgent challenges. The JRSC is dedicated to publishing high-quality research that integrates foundational theories, emerging technologies, and practical solutions to support the development of resilient and trustworthy digital ecosystems.
Objectives of <italic>JRSC</italic>
The mission of the JRSC can be summarized in three main objectives.
JRSC seeks to advance fundamental research on reliability, trust, and security in computing systems. It aims to provide rigorous theoretical frameworks as well as innovative methodologies.
JRSC is designed to bridge disciplinary boundaries across computing, communication, cryptography, and artificial intelligence. By promoting collaboration across fields that have often evolved separately, the journal fosters cross pollination of ideas and solutions.
JRSC aspires to serve as a global knowledge hub for both academic researchers and industry practitioners. It provides a venue for the exchange of ideas, the dissemination of best practices, and the exploration of cutting-edge solutions that ensure secure and dependable systems.
Through these objectives, the JRSC aims to foster a strong international community committed to shaping the future of reliable computing.
Scope of the Journal
The JRSC welcomes original research papers, surveys, and case studies covering a broad range of topics, including but not limited to:
Dependable and fault-tolerant computing: Theories, models, and systems that ensure robustness in the presence of failures, attacks, or adversarial conditions.
System verification and resilience: Formal methods, testing, and self-healing systems that maintain stability and correctness.
Cybersecurity and privacy technologies: Cryptographic protocols, authentication mechanisms, privacy-preserving computation, and compliance frameworks.
AI for security and security for AI: Adversarial machine learning, trustworthy AI, explainability, and intelligent threat detection.
Secure architectures and infrastructures – cloud, edge, IoT, blockchain, digital twins, and metaverse platforms.
Applied and industrial perspectives: Case studies in critical infrastructures, national security, healthcare, transportation, and smart cities.
This scope reflects the ambition of the JRSC to provide a comprehensive and interdisciplinary space, addressing both the theoretical underpinnings and the real-world applications of reliable and secure computing.
Current Trends and Research Challenges
The research community is witnessing several transformative trends that make the JRSC's mission especially timely:
Trustworthy AI: As AI permeates critical applications such as autonomous vehicles, healthcare diagnostics, and financial decision making, ensuring robustness against adversarial attacks, fairness in decision-making, and transparency in reasoning has become vital [1, 2].
Privacy and Post-Quantum Cryptography: The advent of quantum computing poses risks to current cryptographic systems, accelerating research on post-quantum cryptography. Simultaneously, privacy-preserving methods such as federated learning and differential privacy are gaining traction in large-scale data ecosystems [3, 4].
Dependability in Complex Systems: With the rise of cyber–physical systems and digital twins, maintaining dependability across highly complex and distributed systems is a formidable challenge. Formal verification, runtime monitoring, and resilience engineering are increasingly critical [5].
Security of Emerging Infrastructures: From blockchain to 6G-enabled IoT systems, new infrastructures bring both opportunities and vulnerabilities. Attack surfaces are expanding, demanding new paradigms for security and compliance [6, 7].
Addressing these challenges requires innovation, strong collaboration, and true interdisciplinarity. These principles are central to the mission of the JRSC.
Vision for the Future
The JRSC envisions becoming a leading journal that defines the discourse on reliable and secure computing. Over the next few years, we aim to:
Build a strong international editorial board of distinguished scholars and practitioners.
Maintain rigorous peer review standards to ensure academic excellence.
Encourage submissions that combine theoretical innovation with practical impact.
Gradually achieve recognition in indexing platforms such as Scopus and Web of Science, paving the way for broader visibility and influence.
Above all, the JRSC will grow through the collective efforts of the community. We warmly invite researchers to submit their high-quality work, serve as reviewers, and join us as editorial board members. Together, we can shape the JRSC into a trusted venue that reflects the evolving needs of our field.
Closing Remarks
The launch of the Journal of Reliable and Secure Computing reflects a shared belief that reliability, trust, and security are essential attributes of digital systems. JRSC aims to become a vibrant forum that advances knowledge, inspires innovation, and strengthens collaboration across disciplines.
We warmly welcome the contributions of researchers worldwide to make the JRSC a recognized and impactful journal in the coming years.
Acknowledgments
This work was supported without any funding.
Conflict of interest
The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
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