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Authors:
Robert Altschaffel
Kevin Lamshöft
Stefan Kiltz
Mario Hildebrandt
Jana Dittmann
Keywords: computer forensics; embedded systems; forensic processes; industrial control systems; safety & security.
Abstract:
Embedded systems form the foundation for most electronic systems in our everyday environment. Complex systems of embedded systems, usually connected via communication buses, are fundamental for a broad range of applications like industrial control systems (ICS) or transportation. While the complexity of these systems of systems is ever increasing, our understanding of these systems is decreasing. This not only leads to problems in designing safe and secure systems - but also in reconstructing the chain of events that led to an unwanted outcome regarding the system of systems in question. While previous work gave a survey on the means to perform event reconstruction (hence, forensic investigations) into automotive environment, this work extends the point of view to include other systems of embedded systems connected using communication bus technologies. Hence, the main contribution is a survey on the field of forensics in generalized control systems. This includes the identification of implications for forensics in ICS, the discussion of approaches and tools already in existence and those still needed to perform a forensic investigation in ICS environments.
Pages: 104 to 117
Copyright: Copyright (c) to authors, 2018. Used with permission.
Publication date: June 30, 2018
Published in: journal
ISSN: 1942-2636