Cyber-Physical Architecture Assisted by Programmable Networking

TL;DR

This paper proposes a novel cyber-physical architecture that integrates control-theoretic methods with programmable networking to enhance security and threat mitigation in cyber-physical systems.

Contribution

It introduces a new architecture combining control theory and programmable networking, addressing security challenges in cyber-physical systems.

Findings

Framework enables joint cyber-physical threat detection

Facilitates rapid response to cyber-physical attacks

Opens new research directions in secure cyber-physical design

Abstract

Cyber-physical technologies are prone to attacks, in addition to faults and failures. The issue of protecting cyber-physical systems should be tackled by jointly addressing security at both cyber and physical domains, in order to promptly detect and mitigate cyber-physical threats. Towards this end, this letter proposes a new architecture combining control-theoretic solutions together with programmable networking techniques to jointly handle crucial threats to cyber-physical systems. The architecture paves the way for new interesting techniques, research directions, and challenges which we discuss in our work.