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Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) use computational resources to control physical process and provide critical services. For this reason, an attack in these systems may have dangerous consequences in the physical world. Hence, resilience is a…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2020-09-16 Mariana Segovia , Jose Rubio-Hernan , Ana Rosa Cavalli , Joaquin Garcia-Alfaro

In the last decades, Cyber-physical Systems (CPSs) have experienced a significant technological evolution and increased connectivity, at the cost of greater exposure to cyber-attacks. Since many CPS are used in safety-critical systems, such…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-06-13 Stefano Longari , Alessandro Pozone , Jessica Leoni , Mario Polino , Michele Carminati , Mara Tanelli , Stefano Zanero

Emerging cyber-physical systems incorporate systems of systems that have functional interdependencies. With the increase in complexity of the cyber-physical systems, the attack surface also expands, making cyber-physical systems more…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-12-20 Yahya Javed , Muhamad Felemban , Tawfeeq Shawly , Jason Kobes , Arif Ghafoor

The rapid growth of interest in quantum computing has brought about the need to secure these powerful machines against a range of physical attacks. As qubit counts increase and quantum computers achieve higher levels of fidelity, their…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-09-12 Chuanqi Xu , Ferhat Erata , Jakub Szefer

Computing and technology have vastly changed since the introduction of firewall technology in 1988. The internet has grown from a simple network of networks to a cyber and physical entity that encompasses the entire planet. Cyber-physical…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2019-08-13 J Ceasar Aguma , Bruce McMillin , Amelia Regan

Technology has advanced dramatically in the previous several years. There are also cyber assaults. Cyberattacks pose a possible danger to information security and the general public. Since data practice and internet consumption rates…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-10-23 Naresh Kshetri , Vasudha , Denisa Hoxha

Cyber-physical systems are at the intersection of digital technology and engineering domains, rendering them high-value targets of sophisticated and well-funded cybersecurity threat actors. Prominent cybersecurity attacks on CPS have…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-04-23 Shaofei Huang , Christopher M. Poskitt , Lwin Khin Shar

In this paper, we address two main problems in the context of covert cyber-attacks in cyber-physical systems (CPS). First, we aim to investigate and develop necessary and sufficient conditions in terms of disruption resources of the CPS…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-10 Mahdi Taheri , Khashayar Khorasani , Nader Meskin

With the exponential growth of cyber-physical systems (CPS), new security challenges have emerged. Various vulnerabilities, threats, attacks, and controls have been introduced for the new generation of CPS. However, there lack a systematic…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2017-01-18 Abdulmalik Humayed , Jingqiang Lin , Fengjun Li , Bo Luo

Quantum computing is rapidly emerging as one of the most transformative technologies of our time. With the potential to tackle problems that remain intractable for even the most powerful classical supercomputers, quantum hardware has…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-10 Sanjay Deshpande , Jakub Szefer

Networked Control Systems (NCSs) are integral in critical infrastructures such as power grids, transportation networks, and production systems. Ensuring the resilient operation of these large-scale NCSs against cyber-attacks is crucial for…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-22 Sribalaji C. Anand , Anh Tung Nguyen , André M. H. Teixeira , Henrik Sandberg , Karl H. Johansson

With the emergence of an information society, the idea of protecting sensitive data is steadily gaining importance. Conventional encryption methods may not be sufficient to guarantee data protection in the future. Quantum key distribution…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-09-20 Nitin Jain , Birgit Stiller , Imran Khan , Dominique Elser , Christoph Marquardt , Gerd Leuchs

Cyber-physical systems (CPS) incorporate the complex and large-scale engineered systems behind critical infrastructure operations, such as water distribution networks, energy delivery systems, healthcare services, manufacturing systems, and…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-09-29 Charalambos Konstantinou , George Stergiopoulos , Masood Parvania , Paulo Esteves-Verissimo

Learning-enabled controllers used in cyber-physical systems (CPS) are known to be susceptible to adversarial attacks. Such attacks manifest as perturbations to the states generated by the controller's environment in response to its actions.…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-06-15 Zikang Xiong , Joe Eappen , He Zhu , Suresh Jagannathan

Systems modeling practice lacks security analysis tools that can interface with modeling languages to facilitate security by design. Security by design is a necessity in the age of safety critical cyber-physical systems, where security…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2020-10-19 Georgios Bakirtzis , Garrett L. Ward , Christopher J. Deloglos , Carl R. Elks , Barry M. Horowitz , Cody H. Fleming

Cyber-physical systems (CPS) are interconnected architectures that employ analog, digital, and communication resources for their interaction with the physical environment. CPS are the backbone of enterprise, industrial, and critical…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-02-22 Ioannis Zografopoulos , Juan Ospina , XiaoRui Liu , Charalambos Konstantinou

Power systems are large scale cyber-physical critical infrastructure that form the basis of modern society. The reliability and resilience of the grid is dependent on the correct functioning of related subsystems, including computing,…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-10-08 Katherine Davis

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

Recent years have seen increased interest in the design and deployment of smart grid devices and control algorithms. Each of these smart communicating devices represents a potential access point for an intruder spurring research into…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-18 Scott Backhaus , Russell Bent , James Bono , Ritchie Lee , Brendan Tracey , David Wolpert , Dongping Xie , Yildiray Yildiz

Cyber-physical systems (CPS) can be found everywhere: smart homes, autonomous vehicles, aircrafts, healthcare, agriculture and industrial production lines. CPSs are often critical, as system failure can cause serious damage to property and…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2021-08-31 Richárd Szabó , András Vörös