J. Kim
Texas A&M Global Cyber Research Institute, Texas, United States
Keywords: Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS), Cyber-Security, Cyber-Attacks, Malicious Sensors, Defense
The increasing sophistication and frequency of cyberspace attacks against information technology systems, weapons systems, air/ground collaborative missions, and critical infrastructure demand innovative defense approaches to ensure their security and resiliency against potential cyber-attacks. This poster presentation aims to explore the evolution of testing on cyber-physical test ranges, presenting cutting-edge techniques for attack detection, and methodologies for attack identification, and mitigate the impacts of cyber threats on system missions, resilience, and survivability in multiple Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) domain. The CPS are networked control systems where several networked computing nodes and a number of heterogeneous intelligent agents interact with the physical world. Those agents could be mobile agents such as Autonomous Vehicles, Unmanned Ground Vehicles, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles or static agents such as smart inverters, process control in chemical/oil/gas industries. They are a combination of physical systems and cyber components performing a computation connected by a network. This interconnection and collaboration are valuable; however, the presence of networked components opens them up to potential cyber-attacks as well as other disruptions. Since they support critical infrastructure or are safety-critical, malfunctioning will cause considerable physical and economic damage. Therefore, it is important to investigate the feasibility of ensuring cyber-security of CPS to such disruptions.