Security and Privacy for Cyber Physical Systems
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Computing and Artificial Intelligence".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2018) | Viewed by 99742
Special Issue Editors
Interests: security and privacy requirements engineering; IoT, 5G, cyber-physical, and cloud computing security; model-based security/privacy engineering; security engineering decision support; security attack and threat discovery; security and privacy patterns; automated analysis tools
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Interests: security in cyber physical systems; privacy enhancing technologies; human aspects of security; threat modeling
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Recent technological advantages in networking, sensors, computing and control systems have set the stage for an increased integration and interaction between digital systems, physical systems and humans. This becomes a reality through Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS). CPS are networked systems of cyber (computation and communication) and physical (sensors and actuators) components that interact with humans. Such systems have the potential to have a major impact on all aspects of our lives. Consider for example the advanced computing capabilities of new cars, the increasing use of smart devices in our houses, the importance of computerised systems in medical environments or the ability to control critical infrastructures from remote locations.
Despite all the benefits of CPS and the potential to transform everyday lives, there are major concerns regarding their security. There is a plethora of challenges in making CPS secure. For example, security concerns are raised due to the integration of components that might not have been designed or developed with security in mind or due to the increased number of attack opportunities that might be exploited because of the interconnection of such large numbers of components. With the increasing amount of data fuelling these systems, privacy is an increasingly important issue. CPS often collect huge amounts of information to make smart decisions and satisfy operational goals. Although such collection may be necessary for the operation of the CPS, it can also represent an invasion of privacy, especially when appropriate privacy-preserving technologies are not fully integrated into a CPS.
The main aim of this Special Issue is to present novel approaches and results for the security and privacy of Cyber-Physical Systems by taking into account the unique challenges that such systems present. Topics may include, but are not limited to:
- Threat Modelling for CPS
- Frameworks and methodologies for modelling and analysing security and privacy issues in CPSs
- Intrusion Detection for CPS
- Data Anonymisation for CPS
- Secure Data Sharing in CPS
- Privacy-enhancing technologies for CPS
- Access Control and Key Management for CPS
- Self-adaptive techniques for improving security and privacy in CPS
- CPS system security and privacy modelling and simulation
- Formal methods for security analysis of CPS
- Architectures and platforms for secure CPSs
- Human aspects around security and privacy issues of CPSs
- Autonomous vehicle, and wider transport system, security and privacy
- Cyber security of industrial cyber-physical systems
Prof. Dr. Haralambos Mouratidis
Prof. Dr. Carsten Maple
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Security
- Privacy
- Cyber Physical Systems
- Trust
- Threat Modelling
- Key management
- Human Factors
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