Cyber-Physical Security Research at UMBC's Eclipse Lab

Cyber-physical Systems Security- Challenges and Research Ideas

Cyber-physical systems (CPS) are at a crossroads. Typical CPSs with multi-loop control consisting of device controllers, plant-level distributed control, and system-wide SCADA components are pushed (see Figure 1 below) by market forces to:  Connect many diverse (e.g., control and business) systems leading to an internetworked system of systems spanning wide geographic areas,  Use off-the-shel...

Security in Cyber-Physical Systems

Information Security is a domain of IT that has a well developed body of knowledge, and a cadre of practitioners with significant experience in securing IT systems. Cyber Physical Systems (CPS) also has a well developed body of knowledge and a well trained cadre of professionals that have been successfully running systems for years. These are two separate groups that would benefit from working ...

Performance, Robustness, and Cyber Security of Critical Infrastructure Systems – A Cyber-Physical Systems Research Theme

Critical infrastructures are complex physical and cyber-based systems that form the lifeline of modern society, and their reliable and secure operation is of paramount importance to national security and economic vitality. The US President’s Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection (CCIP) [1] has identified telecommunications, electric power systems, natural gas and oil, banking and fin...

Control-Theoretic Methods for Cyber-Physical Security

Cyber-physical systems integrate physical processes, computational resources, and communication capabilities. Cyber-physical systems have permeated modern society becoming prevalent in many domains including energy production, health care, and telecommunications. Examples of cyber-physical systems include sensor networks, industrial automation systems , and critical infrastructures such as tran...

Focus: Safety & Security in Cyber-physical Systems