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We address the problem of state estimation, attack isolation, and control of discrete-time linear time-invariant systems under (potentially unbounded) actuator and sensor false data injection attacks. Using a bank of unknown input…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2019-04-10 Tianci Yang , Carlos Murguia , Margreta Kuijper , Dragan Nesic

The gamut of todays internet-connected embedded devices has led to increased concerns regarding the security and confidentiality of data. Most internet-connected embedded devices employ mathematically secure cryptographic algorithms to…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-12-02 Archisman Ghosh

With the increasing reliance of smart grids on correctly functioning SCADA systems and their vulnerability to cyberattacks, there is a pressing need for effective security measures. SCADA systems are prone to cyberattacks, posing risks to…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-02-23 Omer Sen , Tarek Hassan , Andreas Ulbig , Martin Henze

This paper addresses the security allocation problem within networked control systems, which consist of multiple interconnected control systems under the influence of two opposing agents: a defender and a malicious adversary. The adversary…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-31 Anh Tung Nguyen , Andreas Hertzberg , André MH Teixeira

In this paper, we propose a data-driven networked control architecture for unknown and constrained cyber-physical systems capable of detecting networked false-data-injection attacks and ensuring plant's safety. In particular, on the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-02-22 Mehran Attar , Walter Lucia

This paper studies the performance and resilience of a linear cyber-physical control system (CPCS) with attack detection and reactive attack mitigation in the context of power grids. It addresses the problem of deriving an optimal sequence…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2019-04-23 Subhash Lakshminarayana , Jabir Shabbir Karachiwala , Teo Zhan Teng , Rui Tan , David K. Y. Yau

Safety filtering is an effective method for enforcing constraints in safety-critical systems, but existing methods typically assume perfect state information. This limitation is especially problematic for systems that rely on neural network…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-06 Nicholas Rober , Alex Rose , Jonathan P. How

Attacks, including the manipulation of sensor readings and the modification of actuator commands, pose a significant challenge to the security and privacy of automated systems. This paper considers discrete event systems that can be modeled…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2025-10-28 Xiaoyan Li , Christoforos N. Hadjicostis

This paper presents the gatekeeper algorithm, a real-time and computationally-lightweight method that ensures that trajectories of a nonlinear system satisfy safety constraints despite sensing limitations. gatekeeper integrates with…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-08-16 Devansh R Agrawal , Ruichang Chen , Dimitra Panagou

In this paper, we present the synthesis of secure-by-construction controllers that address safety and security properties simultaneously in cyber-physical systems. Our focus is on studying a specific security property called opacity, which…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-02-20 Bingzhuo Zhong , Siyuan Liu , Marco Caccamo , Majid Zamani

This paper discusses the challenges faced by cyber-physical microgrids (MGs) due to the inclusion of information and communication technologies in their already complex, multi-layered systems. The work identifies a research gap in modeling…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-06-13 Andres Intriago , Francesco Liberati , Nikos D. Hatziargyriou , Charalambos Konstantinou

Cyber-physical systems (CPS) are composed of various embedded subsystems and require specialized software, firmware, and hardware to coordinate with the rest of the system. These multiple levels of integration expose attack surfaces which…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2018-12-11 Smitha Gautham , Georgios Bakirtzis , Matthew T. Leccadito , Robert H. Klenke , Carl R. Elks

Data collection and processing in advanced health monitoring systems are experiencing revolutionary change. In-Sensor Computing (ISC) systems emerge as a promising alternative to save energy on massive data transmission, analog-to-digital…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-02-10 Mashrafi Kajol , Qiaoyan Yu

Cyber-physical control systems, such as industrial control systems (ICS), are increasingly targeted by cyberattacks. Such attacks can potentially cause tremendous damage, affect critical infrastructure or even jeopardize human life when the…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2018-12-21 Sridhar Adepu , Ferdinand Brasser , Luis Garcia , Michael Rodler , Lucas Davi , Ahmad-Reza Sadeghi , Saman Zonouz

Despite the impressive progress in the field of presentation attack detection and multimedia forensics over the last decade, these systems are still vulnerable to attacks in real-life settings. Some of the challenges for existing solutions…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-07-06 Ali Khodabakhsh , Zahid Akhtar

As cyber-physical systems (CPSs) become more dependent on data and communication networks, their vulnerability to false data injection (FDI) attacks has raised significant concerns. Among these, stealthy attacks, those that evade…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-16 Mischa Huisman , Erjen Lefeber , Nathan van de Wouw , Carlos Murguia

This letter presents an approach to guarantee online safety of a cyber-physical system under multiple state and input constraints. Our proposed framework, called gatekeeper, recursively guarantees the existence of an infinite-horizon…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-08-14 Devansh R. Agrawal , Dimitra Panagou

In this paper a novel set-theoretic control framework for Networked Constrained Cyber-Physical Systems is presented. By resorting to set-theoretic ideas and the physical watermarking concept, an anomaly detector module and a control…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2016-03-28 Walter Lucia , Bruno Sinopoli , Giuseppe Franze'

Cyber-secure networked control is modeled, analyzed, and experimentally illustrated in this paper. An attack space defined by the adversary's system knowledge, disclosure, and disruption resources is introduced. Adversaries constrained by…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2012-12-04 André Teixeira , Iman Shames , Henrik Sandberg , Karl H. Johansson

This paper discusses the problem of estimating the state of a linear time-invariant system when some of its sensors and actuators are compromised by an adversarial agent. In the model considered in this paper, the malicious agent attacks an…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-04-04 Mehrdad Showkatbakhsh , Yasser Shoukry , Suhas Diggavi , Paulo Tabuada