Any facility or means for testing something in development.
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A Cyber-Physical System Testbed for Security Experimentation
John Hale (University of Tulsa, USA), Abraham Habib (University of Tulsa, USA), Rujit Raval (University of Tulsa, USA), Ryan Irvin (University of Tulsa, USA), and Peter J. Hawrylak (The University of Tulsa, USA)
Copyright: © 2020
|Pages: 35
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-2910-2.ch009
Abstract
Cyber-Physical Systems (CPSs) are systems which integrate computational, networking, and physical components within a single functional environment. They play an important role in critical infrastructure, government, and everyday life. CPSs encumber many requirements, such as robustness, safety and security, Quality of Service (QoS), and trust. In addition, CPSs combine a variety of digital and analog technologies. Consequently, their analysis, verification, and control can be challenging. The science of protecting CPSs from blended attacks, those combining cyber and physical attack vectors, is yet to be developed. A much-needed tool on this front is a suitable test environment in which to pursue lines of experimentation and exploration. This chapter describes a testbed that allows researchers to experiment on blended attack and defense scenarios in CPSs through gamification. The testbed features many different systems, both cyber and physical, that are fully instrumented for data analysis and assessment.