Facial Image Denoising and Reconstruction -- One Method for RC5 Algorithm's Cryptographic Strength Improving -- Multiclass Classification of Firewall Log Files Using Shallow Neural Network for Network Security Applications -- On the Possibility of Evasion Attacks with Macro Malware -- IoT-Based Smart Crop Field Monitoring and Protection System from Heavy Rainfall Utilizing Raspberry Pi.

This book features selected papers from the International Conference on Soft Computing for Security Applications (ICSCS 2021), held at Dhirajlal Gandhi College of Technology, Tamil Nadu, India, during June 2021. It covers recent advances in the field of soft computing techniques such as fuzzy logic, neural network, support vector machines, evolutionary computation, machine learning and probabilistic reasoning to solve various real-time challenges. The book presents innovative work by leading academics, researchers, and experts from industry.