This book presents refereed proceedings of the First International Conference on Advances in Cyber Security, ACeS 2019, held in Penang, Malaysia, in July-August 2019.

The 25 full papers and 1 short paper were carefully reviewed and selected from 87 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on internet of things, industry and blockchain, and cryptology; digital forensics and surveillance, botnet and malware, and DDoS and intrusion detection/prevention; ambient cloud and edge computing, wireless and cellular communication.