inf461 - Security of Cyber-Physical Systems (Complete module description)

No participant requirements

Professional competences
The students:

• are aware of the threats posed by cyber attacks to cyber-physical systems
• understand security solutions specific to CPS
• know examples of security architectures of CPS
• are able to apply this knowledge to assess the risk of cyber attacks to a given CPS as well as to develop a conceptual systems security architecture for it

Methodological competences
The students:

• carry out a threat and risk assessment for a given CPS
• formulate security requirements for a given CPS
• develop a systems security architecture for a given CPS to meet them (These are examples, the exact skills depend on the focus chosen by the student.)

Social competences
The students:

• are able to master a new topic by self-study and interaction with experts and peers
• are able to explain the significance and facets of security for CPS to experts and non-experts
• are able to expertly discuss security risks and incidents of CPS

Self-competences
The students:

• follow up and critically assess current developments in the security of CPS including relevant security incidents
• are security aware and foster a security culture with respect to CPS and the resulting critical infrastructures

Embedded systems in the energy, transportation, and health domains are currently undergoing a technological transition towards highly networked automated cyber-physical systems (CPS). Such systems are potentially vulnerable to cyber attacks, and these can have physical impact. This includes targeted sabotage of a plant (e.g. Stuxnet), large-scale sabotage of infrastructure to cause economic damage (e.g. attacks against energy grids), and indiscriminate attacks to cause civilian casualties (e.g. by compromise of transportation systems). In this module we investigate and discuss security principles, solutions, and architectures for CPS as well as real-life security incidents. The topics include distance bounding protocols, location tracking and counter-measures, safety and security engineering of CPS, security in the automotive and maritime domain including car hacking and vehicle-2-x communication, hacking in the medical domain, attacks against energy grids, Stuxnet, CPS and society: benefits, risks, acceptance.

Recent scientific papers and reports in the public domain news.

At the end of the lecture period

Presentation and written documentation, oral exam, or exam