Smart, Secure, and Sustainable Digital Futures: AI, Cybersecurity, and

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This comprehensive volume provides a multidisciplinary exploration of the design, governance, and sustainability of emerging digital systems by integrating theoretical foundations with empirical studies. The text takes a closer look at trust, security, and responsible innovation, across four thematic pillars: conceptual foundations, cybersecurity resilience, AI governance, and human-centered... Read more

This comprehensive volume provides a multidisciplinary exploration of the design, governance, and sustainability of emerging digital systems by integrating theoretical foundations with empirical studies. The text takes a closer look at trust, security, and responsible innovation, across four thematic pillars: conceptual foundations, cybersecurity resilience, AI governance, and human-centered applications.

By bridging the gap between technical depth and conceptual clarity, the book offers a holistic perspective on how digital transformation can be aligned with global sustainability goals. Collectively, it serves as an authoritative roadmap for navigating the complexities of the modern socio-technical landscape, ensuring that technological progress stays safe and resilient. The reader learns insights from computer science, governance, and social sciences into a unified socio-technical framework. The authors address the bedrock requirements of "smart" systems, transparency, explainability, and ethical oversight, as seen in its detailed examinations of Explainable AI (XAI) and user-centered e-voting. A significant strength lies in its balance of global and emerging-economy perspectives, such as AI-driven energy forecasting in Malaysia and CRM governance in Indonesia, which provide practitioners with scalable insights often missing from Western-centric literature. By transitioning from rigorous academic theory to practical applications like IoT-enabled fire detection and SME ransomware resilience, the volume remains equally relevant to corporate boardrooms and research laboratories. Furthermore, the focus on future-proof concepts like "digital resilience" ensures the content remains applicable long after specific software versions or hardware trends have evolved. This combination of strategic, data-driven, and systems-oriented perspectives ensures that readers gain a 360-degree view of the digital economy. The chapters balance technical rigor with accessibility, making complex topics like Snort IDS enhancements and malicious URL detection understandable to a broad professional audience while maintaining the integrity of the underlying research.

The book targets industry practitioners, SME leaders, and sustainability officers who require practical, data-driven frameworks for building resilience. The other readership group includes researchers, postgraduate students, and policymakers seeking an authoritative reference on the design and governance of trustworthy digital systems. This book is part of the book series, Technology for Smart Environments and Sustainable Futures

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Section I: Foundations of Smart, Secure, and Sustainable Digital Systems. 1 Smart, Secure and Sustainable Digital Futures, Norliza Katuk, Roberto Vergallo and Noradila Nordin 2. Big Data for Smart and Sustainable Cities: A Global Bibliometric Perspective, Zhamri Che Ani, Nur Nazifa Zhamri and Zauridah Abdul Hamid 3. AI-Driven Forecasting for Sustainable Energy Futures: Sectoral Insights from Malaysia, Muhammad Abqari Zulkifli, Suwannit Chareen Chit, Jefri Marzal and Ahmad Hanis Mohd Shabli 4. Real-Time Data Visualisation for Smart and Sustainable Futures: A Bibliometric Analysis, Ruziana Mohamad Rasli, Sobihatun Nur Abdul Salam, Juhaida Abu Bakar, Fauziah Baharom and Roznim Mohamad Rasli Section II: Cybersecurity and Digital Resilience for Sustainable Futures 5. Building Cybersecurity Readiness for Small and Medium Enterprises: A Protection Motivation Theory Approach to Ransomware Resilience, Nurfakhriah Firdaus Azmi, Savita K. Sugathan, Mohd Fadzil Hassan and Manoranjitham Muniandy 6. Smart Intrusion Detection for Sustainable Cybersecurity: Enhancing Snort with Fast Pattern and Perl Compatible Regular Expressions, Noor Ashitah Abu Othman, Nur Athirah Noor Mohamad and Anis Shobirin Abdullah Sani 7. Cybersecurity Readiness for Small and Medium Enterprises: Building Ransomware Resilience in the Digital Economy, Zymul Zafar, Hafizan Mat Som, Mohd Fadzil Hassan, Savita K. Sugathan, Amzari Ghazali, Mujeeb Ur Rehman Shaikh, 8. Smart Machine Learning Approaches for Malicious Unified Resource Locator Detection: Towards Sustainable Cybersecurity Systems,Nurul Shakirah Otsman, Norliza Katuk, Rakhmat Kurniawan, Mhd Furqan and Muhammad Ali Fauzi Section III: AI, Governance, and Trust in Sustainable Digital Economies 9. AI-Driven IT Governance and Predictive Maintenance: Building Smart and Sustainable Customer Relationship Management Systems, Samudra Prasetio and Gunawan Wibisono 10. Explainable AI for Fraud Prevention: Building Trust and Sustainability in Digital Economies, Parteeban M. Varatharajoo, Nur Haryani Zakaria, Juhaida Abu Bakar and Aniza Md. Din 11. Smart Credit Scoring with AI and Alternative Data: Enhancing Financial Inclusion through Sustainable FinTech Systems,Nurul Syafidah Jamil, Chew Chun Pang, Ooi Joo On, Anusha Annathurai, Selvamalar Nasaratnam and Ana Nabilah Sa'uadi 12. Blockchain-Enabled Smart Supply Chains: Optimising EOQ for Cost Efficiency and Sustainability,Afif Badawi, Syahril Efendi, Tulus and Herman Mawengkang 13. User-Centred Development of a Trustworthy E-Voting Application,Jefri Marzal, Suwannit Chareen Chit, A. Zarkasi and Niken Rarasati Section IV: Human-Centred Smart Applications for Resilience and Well-Being 14. IoT-Enabled Smart Fire Detection Systems: Enhancing Safety and Sustainability through Real-Time Monitoring, Arnold Kanang Anak Daud, Mohd Helmy Abd Wahab, Norhafizah Ismail, Radzi Ambar, Muhammad Mahadi Abdul Jamil, Mohd Fauzi Abu Hassan and Mohamad Farhan Mohamad Mohsin 15. Smart Human Activity Recognition: Towards Sustainable Health and AI Systems, 1Zulfikar Sembiring, Khairul Najmy Abdul Rani, Amiza Amir, Siti Julia Rosli, Marni Azira Markom and Ruzelita Ngadiran 16. Smart and Sustainable Flood Disaster Management: Challenges, Lessons, and Future Directions, Huda Ibrahim, Sariana Salleh, Fadzliana Razak, Nurihan Ariffin, Mazni Omar, Mazida Ahmad, Nur Suhaili Mansor, Amirulikhsan Zolkafli, Azman Yasin, Shah Fathin Syahirah Kamil, Muhamad Mahazi Hj. Ibrahim and Zairil Anuar Zulmuji 17. AI and Machine Learning for Early Mental Health Detection: Towards Smart and Sustainable Well-Being in Higher Education, Massudi Mahmuddin and Asma Mat 18. Imagining Companion Robots: A Hybrid Artistic Study of Loneliness and Design in Higher Education, Zhongjing Jiang, Jean Wainwright, Noradila Nordin and John Zhang

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Norliza Katuk, the primary editor, is an associate professor of cybersecurity at the School of Computing, Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM). Her research interests include information security and privacy, and cybersecurity awareness, and she has published widely in international journals and serves as a reviewer for several esteemed publications.

Roberto Vergallo is a tenured assistant professor of Software Engineering and Green Computing at Pegaso University (Italy). His research interests include fintech, sustainable software engineering, green AI, and digital ethics. He is co-founder of Vidyasoft srl, a spin-off company of Salento University (Italy).

Noradila Nordin is a lecturer in Computer Programming at the School of Games & Creative Technology at University for the Creative Arts in the United Kingdom. Her research interests include augmented reality, artificial intelligence applications, and wireless sensor networks.

Smart, Secure, and Sustainable Digital Futures AI, Cybersecurity, and Governance in Emerging Digital Systems

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