NJCSL Scope

This journal publishes original research and review articles in the interdisciplinary cyber domain. It deals with various issues on cybersecurity challenges. Scholarly contributions in this discipline are needed to understand the various aspects of cybersecurity. Journal of Cybersecurity provides a hub around which the interdisciplinary cybersecurity community can form. The journal is committed to providing quality empirical research, that is, in real-world implications and solutions.

Focus & Scope

  • Cybersecurity Law and Regulation: Research on legal and regulatory frameworks governing cybersecurity, information security, cyber risk management, compliance obligations, security standards, and institutional responsibility for protecting digital systems and networks.
  • Cybercrime and Digital Offences: Studies on hacking, malware, ransomware, phishing, identity theft, online fraud, cyberstalking, unauthorized access, data theft, cyber extortion, and other technology-enabled crimes, including investigation and prosecution.
  • Data Protection and Privacy Law: Research on personal data protection, privacy rights, consent, data processing, cross-border data transfers, digital identity, surveillance, data breaches, privacy-by-design, and comparative privacy regulations.
  • Digital Evidence and Cyber Forensics: Studies on admissibility, collection, preservation, authentication, and examination of electronic evidence, including digital forensics, chain of custody, forensic investigation models, expert evidence, and evidentiary challenges in cybercrime cases.
  • Cybersecurity Governance and Compliance: Research on organizational cybersecurity governance, information security management, regulatory compliance, cyber audits, security policies, board-level responsibility, incident reporting, risk assessment, and institutional accountability.
  • Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity Law: Studies on the legal implications of artificial intelligence in cybersecurity, automated threat detection, algorithmic decision-making, AI-enabled cyberattacks, liability, accountability, explainability, and governance of AI-based security systems.
  • Internet Governance and Platform Regulation: Research on internet governance, online intermediaries, social media platforms, content regulation, intermediary liability, platform accountability, domain-name governance, net neutrality, web accessibility, and the role of institutions such as ICANN.
  • Cyber Warfare and National Security: Studies on cyber warfare, cyber espionage, critical infrastructure protection, state-sponsored cyber operations, national cybersecurity strategies, attribution, sovereignty, international security, and the application of international law to cyber conflict.
  • Transnational Cybercrime and Jurisdiction: Research on cross-border cyber offences, jurisdictional conflicts, extradition, mutual legal assistance, international cooperation, evidence sharing, cybercrime conventions, and enforcement challenges involving multiple jurisdictions.
  • Blockchain, Smart Contracts, and Distributed Technologies: Legal and policy research on blockchain, distributed ledgers, smart contracts, digital assets, decentralized systems, security vulnerabilities, regulatory compliance, evidentiary issues, and liability arising from blockchain-based activities.
  • Cloud, IoT, and Cyber-Physical Systems Security: Studies on legal risks associated with cloud computing, Internet of Things devices, smart cities, connected infrastructure, industrial control systems, mobile technologies, and cyber-physical environments.
  • Cryptography and Legal Security Frameworks: Research on encryption, cryptographic technologies, lawful access, key management, digital signatures, authentication, secure communications, privacy-enhancing technologies, and the legal implications of cryptographic protections.
  • E-Commerce, Digital Payments, and Consumer Protection: Studies on electronic contracts, online transactions, digital payment systems, e-commerce regulation, consumer rights, online fraud, digital marketplaces, platform obligations, taxation in cyberspace, and dispute resolution.
  • Cybersecurity and Human Rights: Research on the intersection of cybersecurity with freedom of expression, privacy, equality, digital inclusion, online surveillance, access to information, digital empowerment, and protection of human rights in online environments.
  • Critical Infrastructure and Sectoral Cybersecurity: Studies on cybersecurity regulation affecting banking, healthcare, energy, telecommunications, transportation, government systems, and other critical sectors, including resilience, incident response, compliance, and protection of essential services.
  • Cyber Risk, Liability, and Incident Response: Research on civil, criminal, regulatory, and contractual liability arising from cybersecurity incidents, including breach notification, negligence, cyber insurance, organizational responsibility, remediation, and compensation.
  • Indian Cybersecurity Law and Comparative Perspectives: Research on Indian cyber law, cybersecurity regulation, data protection, digital evidence, cybercrime enforcement, judicial developments, and national cybersecurity policy, together with comparative and international studies that contribute to the development of cyber law and governance. The journal welcomes doctrinal, empirical, interdisciplinary, and policy-oriented research with a clear legal or regulatory dimension.