Cascading effects of cyber-attacks on interconnected critical infrastructure

Cybersecurity

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Palleti, Venkata Reddy¹  Adepu, Sridhar²  Mishra, Vishrut Kumar²  Mathur, Aditya² 

[1] Indian Institute of Petroleum and Energy;Singapore University of Technology and Design

关键词: Industrial Control Systems;    Water treatment;    Water distribution;    Interconnected critical infrastructure;    Cyber-attacks;    Cascading effects;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s42400-021-00071-z

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

Modern critical infrastructure, such as a water treatment plant, water distribution system, and power grid, are representative of Cyber Physical Systems (CPSs) in which the physical processes are monitored and controlled in real time. One source of complexity in such systems is due to the intra-system interactions and inter-dependencies. Consequently, these systems are a potential target for attackers. When one or more of these infrastructure are attacked, the connected systems may also be affected due to potential cascading effects. In this paper, we report a study to investigate the cascading effects of cyber-attacks on two interdependent critical infrastructure namely, a Secure water treatment plant (SWaT) and a Water Distribution System (WADI).

【 授权许可】

CC BY