TY - GEN
T1 - Synergic security for smart water networks
T2 - 3rd International Workshop on Cyber-Physical Systems for Smart Water Networks, CySWATER 2017
AU - Laszka, Aron
AU - Abbas, Waseem
AU - Vorobeychik, Yevgeniy
AU - Koutsoukos, Xenofon
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported in part by the National Science Foundation (CNS-1238959), by the Air Force Research Laboratory (FA 8750-14-2-0180), and by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (70NANB15H263).
PY - 2017/4/21
Y1 - 2017/4/21
N2 - Smart water networks can provide great benefits to our society in terms of efficiency and sustainability. However, smart capabilities and connectivity also expose these systems to a wide range of cyber attacks, which enable cyber-terrorists and hostile nation states to mount cyber-physical attacks. Cyber-physical attacks against critical infrastructure, such as water treatment and distribution systems, pose a serious threat to public safety and health. Consequently, it is imperative that we improve the resilience of smart water networks. We consider three approaches for improving resilience: redundancy, diversity, and hardening. Even though each one of these "canonical" approaches has been throughly studied in prior work, a unified theory on how to combine them in the most efficient way has not yet been established. In this paper, we address this problem by studying the synergy of these approaches in the context of protecting smart water networks from cyber-physical contamination attacks.
AB - Smart water networks can provide great benefits to our society in terms of efficiency and sustainability. However, smart capabilities and connectivity also expose these systems to a wide range of cyber attacks, which enable cyber-terrorists and hostile nation states to mount cyber-physical attacks. Cyber-physical attacks against critical infrastructure, such as water treatment and distribution systems, pose a serious threat to public safety and health. Consequently, it is imperative that we improve the resilience of smart water networks. We consider three approaches for improving resilience: redundancy, diversity, and hardening. Even though each one of these "canonical" approaches has been throughly studied in prior work, a unified theory on how to combine them in the most efficient way has not yet been established. In this paper, we address this problem by studying the synergy of these approaches in the context of protecting smart water networks from cyber-physical contamination attacks.
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U2 - 10.1145/3055366.3055376
DO - 10.1145/3055366.3055376
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85018745363
T3 - Proceedings - 2017 3rd International Workshop on Cyber-Physical Systems for Smart Water Networks, CySWATER 2017
SP - 21
EP - 24
BT - Proceedings - 2017 3rd International Workshop on Cyber-Physical Systems for Smart Water Networks, CySWATER 2017
PB - Association for Computing Machinery, Inc
Y2 - 21 April 2017
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