Anomaly Detection of Security Threats to Cyber-Physical Systems: A Study

Nicholas Jeffrey, Qing Tan, José R. Villar

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Abstract

As the presence of Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) becomes ubiquitous throughout all facets of modern society, malicious attacks by hostile actors have increased exponentially in recent years. Attacks on critical national infrastructure (CNI) such as oil pipelines or electrical power grids have become commonplace, as increased connectivity to the public internet increases the attack surface of CPS. This paper presents a study of the current academic literature describing the state of the art for anomaly detection of security threats to Cyber-Physical Systems, with a focus on life safety issues for industrial control networks (ICS), with the goal of improving the accuracy of anomaly detection. As a new contribution, this paper also identifies outstanding challenges in the field, and maps selected challenges to potential solutions and/or opportunities for further research.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication17th International Conference on Soft Computing Models in Industrial and Environmental Applications, SOCO 2022, Proceedings
EditorsPablo García Bringas, Hilde Pérez García, Francisco Javier Martinez-de-Pison, José Ramón Villar Flecha, Alicia Troncoso Lora, Enrique A. de la Cal, Alvaro Herrero, Francisco Martínez Álvarez, Giuseppe Psaila, Héctor Quintián, Emilio S. Corchado Rodriguez
Pages3-12
Number of pages10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2023
Event17th International Conference on Soft Computing Models in Industrial and Environmental Applications, SOCO 2022 - Salamanca, Spain
Duration: 5 Sep. 20227 Sep. 2022

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Networks and Systems
Volume531 LNNS
ISSN (Print)2367-3370
ISSN (Electronic)2367-3389

Conference

Conference17th International Conference on Soft Computing Models in Industrial and Environmental Applications, SOCO 2022
Country/TerritorySpain
CitySalamanca
Period5/09/227/09/22

Keywords

  • AI/ML in CPS
  • Anomaly detection in CPS
  • Cyber-physical systems security
  • Human-in-the-loop cyber-physical systems (HitL-CPS)
  • IoT security
  • SCADA security

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