Focus and Scope

Purpose and Academic Focus

Cybersecurity: Education, Science, Technique is a peer-reviewed, open-access scholarly journal that publishes original theoretical and applied research in cybersecurity, information protection, computer science, and computer engineering.

The journal aims to disseminate new scientific knowledge, models, methods, technologies, and experimental findings that enhance the security, reliability, resilience, and dependability of information, communication, computer, and cyber-physical systems.

The journal promotes the exchange of research findings among researchers, academics, students, information technology and cybersecurity professionals, representatives of public authorities, businesses, and organisations responsible for the operation and protection of critical information infrastructure.

Main Areas of Research

Cybersecurity and Information Protection

The journal welcomes original research in the following areas:

  • models, methods, and technologies for ensuring cybersecurity;

  • information security and technical measures for information protection;

  • cryptographic information protection and post-quantum cryptography;

  • identity, authentication, and access management;

  • Zero Trust architectures and continuous access evaluation;

  • security of computer networks, cloud environments, and distributed systems;

  • security of the Internet of Things, Industrial Internet of Things, and cyber-physical systems;

  • protection of industrial control systems, SCADA systems, and critical infrastructure;

  • cyber threat detection, analysis, and prediction;

  • intrusion, malware, and anomalous activity detection;

  • information security incident management, cyber incident response, and digital forensics;

  • SIEM, SOC, SOAR, UEBA, and cyber threat intelligence technologies;

  • cyber risk assessment, vulnerability management, and cyber resilience;

  • protection of personal, confidential, and critical data;

  • security of unmanned, robotic, and autonomous systems;

  • the use of information technologies to counter information operations, manipulative content, and disinformation.

Computer Science and Intelligent Technologies

The journal covers computer science research that has a clear application to cybersecurity, information protection, or the resilience of digital systems, including:

  • artificial intelligence, machine learning, and deep learning for cybersecurity;

  • data mining and the discovery of hidden patterns in cyberspace;

  • analysis of big data, network traffic, and system event logs;

  • modelling, forecasting, and optimisation of security processes;

  • decision support systems for cybersecurity;

  • formal methods for verifying the security of information systems;

  • secure software development and DevSecOps technologies;

  • software and source-code vulnerability detection;

  • security of databases, information systems, and web applications;

  • blockchain, distributed ledger, and smart contract technologies for information protection;

  • explainable, trustworthy, and secure artificial intelligence;

  • privacy-preserving technologies for artificial intelligence systems.

Computer Engineering and Secure Digital Infrastructure

The journal publishes research related to the design, development, and operation of secure computer and hardware–software systems, including:

  • architectures of secure computer systems and networks;

  • hardware and hardware–software information security solutions;

  • security of embedded, endpoint, and edge computing systems;

  • trusted computing and hardware security modules;

  • security of telecommunications and wireless networks;

  • countermeasures against radio-electronic suppression, signal interception, and signal spoofing;

  • device identification and hardware integrity monitoring;

  • side-channel attacks and corresponding countermeasures;

  • fault tolerance, functional resilience, and dependability of computer systems;

  • security of cloud, edge, and virtualised infrastructures;

  • secure technologies for data exchange, storage, and processing.

Cybersecurity Education and Professional Training

The journal welcomes articles presenting scientifically grounded models, methods, and digital technologies for the professional training of specialists in cybersecurity and information protection, including:

  • models and methods for developing professional cybersecurity competencies;

  • cyber ranges, simulation-based training environments, and digital twins;

  • intelligent and adaptive learning systems;

  • technologies for modelling cyberattacks and defensive actions in the educational process;

  • methods for assessing practical skills and personnel readiness to respond to cyber incidents;

  • human factors in cybersecurity;

  • personnel security awareness and the development of an information security culture.

Articles in the field of cybersecurity education must define a clear research problem, describe the research methodology, present the authors’ original findings, and provide a quantitative or qualitative evaluation of the results. Purely descriptive or general pedagogical materials without a direct connection to information technology and cybersecurity will not be considered.

Types of Publications

The journal accepts original research articles that include:

  • a well-substantiated statement of scientific novelty;

  • clearly defined research aims and objectives;

  • a description of the methods, models, algorithms, or experimental methodology employed;

  • the authors’ own theoretical or experimental findings;

  • appropriate evaluation, validation, and comparison of the results;

  • well-supported conclusions and clearly identified practical value.

The Editorial Board does not accept review articles whose primary content is limited to summarising, systematising, or restating previously published research.

Materials Outside the Journal’s Scope

The journal does not consider:

  • review or summary papers that do not present original research findings;

  • manuscripts that are purely descriptive in nature;

  • papers describing a software product or information system without substantiated scientific novelty and proper evaluation of the results;

  • articles in general computer science, programming, economics, law, sociology, or pedagogy that have no clear connection to cybersecurity, information protection, or the resilience of digital systems;

  • teaching and methodological materials, instructions, recommendations, reports, or promotional publications;

  • manuscripts that do not correspond to the journal’s recognised subject areas and academic profile.

The relevance of a manuscript to the journal’s aims and scope is assessed during the initial editorial screening. Manuscripts that fall outside the journal’s academic profile may be rejected without being sent for external peer review.

Academic Classification

Field of science: Technical Sciences.

Cluster: Information Technology and Electronics.

Specialities:

  • F3 (122) — Computer Science;

  • F5 (125) — Cybersecurity and Information Protection;

  • F7 (123) — Computer Engineering.

Publication languages: Ukrainian and English.

The journal is included in Category B of the List of Scientific Professional Publications of Ukraine pursuant to Order No. 928 of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine dated 11 June 2026.