Cyber-Physical Systems (CPSs) are under great scrutiny due to large Smart Grid investments and recent high profile security vulnerabilities and attacks. Research into improved security technologies, communication models, and emergent behavior is necessary to protect these systems from sophisti- cated adversaries and new risks posed by the convergence of CPSs with IT equipment. However, cyber-physical security research is limited by the lack of access to universal cyber- physical testbed facilities that permit flexible, high-fidelity experiments. This paper presents a remotely-configurable and community-accessible testbed design that integrates el- ements from the virtual, simulated, and physical environ- ments. Fusing data between the three environments enables the creation of realistic and scalable environments where new functionality and ideas can be exercised. This novel design will enable the research community to analyze and evalu- ate the security of current environments and design future, secure, cyber-physical technologies.
Revised: April 4, 2012 |
Published: January 7, 2012
Citation
Edgar T.W., D.O. Manz, and T.E. Carroll. 2012.Towards an Experimental Testbed Facility for Cyber-Physical Security Research. In Proceedings of the 7th Annual Workshop onCyber Security and Information Intelligence Research (CSIIRW 2011), October 12-14, 2011, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, edited by FT Sheldon, R Abercrombie and A Krings, Article No. 53. New York, New York:Association for Computing Machinery.PNNL-SA-83062.doi:10.1145/2179298.2179357