Cyber-Physical Systems Security and Resilience
A special issue of Information (ISSN 2078-2489). This special issue belongs to the section "Information Systems".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2021) | Viewed by 2628
Special Issue Editors
Interests: cyber-physical systems control; smart grids; security and privacy; resilient critical infrastructures
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
A cyber-physical system (CPS) consists of a physical process that is monitored and controlled through communication networks and embedded devices, in order to enhance the scalability, adaptability, and efficiency of the system operation. CPSs span a wide variety of applications, including critical infrastructures, such as water, oil, gas, electricity, and transportation, medical monitoring devices, smart buildings, and advanced manufacturing. Our reliance on computer and communication technologies makes CPSs attractive targets to cyber adversaries who intend to disrupt their normal operation for various reasons, causing not only economical losses, but also placing public safety at risk. Therefore, it is of paramount importance to design defense methodologies considering: i) security, by the implementation of mechanisms that increase the possibility of thwarting the attacker’s actions, and ii) resilience, by enhancing CPS capabilities to withstand, adapt, and recover from successful attacks to ensure that systems maintain appropriate fucntioanl expectations.
This Special Issue will focus on innovative and multidisciplinary developments of the security and resilience of cyber-physical systems by presenting novel theoretical advancements and/or relevant industrial applications. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following areas:
- Intrusion detection, localization, and isolation in CPSs
- Information theory for CPSs security
- Models of the attacker/defender interaction
- Control theory and optimization for the security and resilience of CPSs
- Data-driven and learning-based methodologies for CPSs security and resilience
- Communication network security
- Software-defined networks (SDN) and network function virtualization (NFV) for CPS
- Self-healing CPSs
- IoT applications for CPSs security and resilience
- Datacentric Communications for enhancing Security and Resilience of CPSs
Dr. Jairo Giraldo
Dr. Mohamad El Hariri
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Cyber-physical systems
- Control theory and optimization
- Resilient operation
- Network security
