Goutham Reddy Alavalapati is an assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Illinois, Springfield, USA. Before that, he was an assistant professor at Fontbonne University, USA, and at the National Institute of Technology, India. Prior to that, he worked as a researcher at Sejong University, South Korea, and at the KINDI Center for Computing Research at Qatar University in collaboration with Purdue University. He earned his Ph.D. from the Information Security Lab at Kyungpook National University, South Korea. He is currently serving as an associate editor of Security and Communication Networks and the International Journal of Network Security, and as a guest editor of special issues. His primary research interests revolve around cryptography and network security.