The rapid advancements in digital communication technology and huge increase in computer power have generated an exponential growth in the use of the Internet for various commercial, governmental and social interactions that involve transmission of a variety of complex data and multimedia objects. Securing the content of sensitive as well as personal transactions over open networks while ensuring the privacy of information has become essential but increasingly challenging. Therefore, information and multimedia security research area attracts more and more interest, and its scope of applications expands significantly.
This special issue is to improve the dissemination of advanced research in the area of multimedia security and information hiding mechanisms. Original research papers are solicited in any aspect of information and multimedia security.

Aims and Scope:
Steganography
Watermarking
Fingerprinting
Cryptography
Information hiding
Biometrics hiding
Biometrics