Security and Communication Networks is an international journal publishing original research and review papers on all security areas including network security, cryptography, cyber security, etc. The emphasis is on security protocols, approaches and techniques applied to all types of information and communication networks, including wired, wireless and optical transmission platforms.The journal provides a prestigious forum for the R&D community in academia and industry working at the inter-disciplinary nexus of next generation communications technologies for security implementations in all network layers.Answering the highly practical and commercial importance of network security R&D, submissions of applications-oriented papers describing case studies and simulations are encouraged as well as research analysis-type papers.