Security of Cyber-Physical Systems

Dear Colleagues,

Cyber-physical system (CPS) innovations, in conjunction with their sibling computational and technological advancements, have positively impacted our society, leading to the establishment of new horizons of service excellence in a variety of applicational fields along with equally important concerns surrounding their security. The extent of potential consequences of CPS insecurity is large enough to ensure that CPS security is one of the core elements of the CPS research agenda.  

With the rapid increase in the application of CPSs in safety-critical infrastructures, their safety and security are the top priorities of next-generation designs. Faults, failures, and cyber-physical attacks lead to variations in the dynamics of CPSs and cause the instability and malfunction of normal operations. Therefore, we need to focus on detection, prevention, and compensation techniques to improve the security of such safety-critical systems.

We encourage researchers to submit to this Special Issue and detail their valuable research findings toward increasing the security of CPSs, in particular, unmanned aerial vehicles, autonomous systems, and distributed power systems. 

Dr. Arman Sargolzaei
Guest Editor

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