| Title | Synergic Security for Smart Water Networks: Redundancy, Diversity, and Hardening |
| Publication Type | Conference Paper |
| Year of Publication | 2017 |
| Authors | Aron Laszka, Waseem Abbas, Yevgeniy Vorobeychik, Xenofon Koutsoukos |
| Conference Name | 3rd International Workshop on Cyber-Physical Systems for Smart Water Networks (CySWater 2017) |
| Date Published | April |
| Abstract | 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 thoroughly 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. |
| URL | https://cps-vo.org/node/38496 |
| Citation Key | LaszkaAbbasVorobeychikKoutsoukos17_SynergicSecurityForSmartWaterNetworksRedundancyDiversity |
Synergic Security for Smart Water Networks: Redundancy, Diversity, and Hardening