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A Domain-agnostic Framework for Secure Design and Validation of CPS Systems

Authors:
Rohith Yanambaka Venkata
Nathaniel Brown
Rohan Maheshwari
Krishna Kavi

Keywords: CPS Security; Ontology; CPS Privacy; CPS Resiliency; Semantic Web

Abstract:
Cyber Physical Systems (CPS) are an integration of computational and physical processes, where the cyber components monitor and control physical processes. Cyber attacks largely target the cyber components with the intention of disrupting the functionality of the components in the physical domain. In this paper, we present SIMON, an Ontological design and verification framework that captures the intricate relationship(s) between cyber and physical components in CPS by leveraging standard Ontologies and extending the NIST CPS framework for the purpose of eliciting trustworthy requirements, assigning responsibilities and roles to CPS functionalities and validating that the trustworthy requirements are met by the designed system. We demonstrate the capabilities of SIMON using a vehicle to infrastructure (V2I) safety application. In addition, we also investigate introducing resiliency measures that will ensure compliance of physical systems to specifications.

Pages: 136 to 148

Copyright: Copyright (c) to authors, 2020. Used with permission.

Publication date: December 30, 2020

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ISSN: 1942-2636