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This work addresses the problem of ensuring trustworthy computation in a linear consensus network. A solution to this problem is relevant for several tasks in multi-agent systems including motion coordination, clock synchronization, and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2011-04-19 Fabio Pasqualetti , Antonio Bicchi , Francesco Bullo

Network intrusion detection is the process of identifying malicious behaviors that target a network and its resources. Current systems implementing intrusion detection processes observe traffic at several data collecting points in the…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2015-09-16 Michel Toulouse , Bui Quang Minh , Philip Curtis

A cyber-attack is a malicious attempt by experienced hackers to breach the target information system. Usually, the cyber-attacks are characterized as hybrid TTPs (Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures) and long-term adversarial behaviors,…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-12-17 Mingqi Lv , Chengyu Dong , Tieming Chen , Tiantian Zhu , Qijie Song , Yuan Fan

The rapid expansion of Internet of Things (IoT) devices has increased the risk of cyber-attacks, making effective detection essential for securing IoT networks. This work introduces a novel approach combining Self-Organizing Maps (SOMs),…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-03-05 Ahmed Bensaoud , Jugal Kalita

Cyber-attacks jeopardize the safe operation of smart microgrids. At the same time, existing diagnostic methods either depend on expensive multi-point instrumentation or stringent modelling assumptions that are untenable under single-sensor…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-07-10 Yifan Wang

We address the problem of detecting adversarial attacks against cooperative multi-agent reinforcement learning with continuous action space. We propose a decentralized detector that relies solely on the local observations of the agents and…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-12-16 Kiarash Kazari , Ezzeldin Shereen , György Dán

This paper presents a high-fidelity evaluation framework for machine learning (ML)-based classification of cyber-attacks and physical faults using electromagnetic transient simulations with digital substation emulation at 4.8 kHz. Twelve ML…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-20 Emad Abukhousa , Syed Sohail Feroz Syed Afroz , Fahad Alsaeed , Abdulaziz Qwbaiban , Saman Zonouz , A. P. Sakis Meliopoulos

Technological advancements in various industries, such as network intelligence, vehicle networks, e-commerce, the Internet of Things (IoT), ubiquitous computing, and cloud-based applications, have led to an exponential increase in the…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-01-18 Mike Nkongolo , Mahmut Tokmak

Phasor measurement units (PMUs) can be effectively utilized for the monitoring and control of the power grid. As the cyber-world becomes increasingly embedded into power grids, the risks of this inevitable evolution become serious. In this…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2016-05-23 Ahmad F. Taha , Junjian Qi , Jianhui Wang , Jitesh H. Panchal

The emerging wide area monitoring systems (WAMS) have brought significant improvements in electric grids' situational awareness. However, the newly introduced system can potentially increase the risk of cyber-attacks, which may be disguised…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-08-26 Gabriel Intriago , Yu Zhang

In many applications of multi-agent systems (MAS), a set of leader agents acts as a control input to the remaining follower agents. In this paper, we introduce an analytical approach to selecting leader agents in order to minimize the total…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2012-08-07 Andrew Clark , Linda Bushnell , Radha Poovendran

The threat of attack faced by cyber-physical systems (CPSs), especially when they play a critical role in automating public infrastructure, has motivated research into a wide variety of attack defence mechanisms. Assessing their…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2020-01-16 Yuqi Chen , Christopher M. Poskitt , Jun Sun , Sridhar Adepu , Fan Zhang

Cyber-physical systems can be subject to sensor attacks, e.g., sensor spoofing, leading to unsafe behaviors. This paper addresses this problem in the context of linear systems when an omniscient attacker can spoof several system sensors at…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-09-16 Xiao Tan , Pio Ong , Paulo Tabuada , Aaron D. Ames

Network intrusion detection systems are an active area of research to identify threats that face computer networks. Network packets comprise of high dimensions which require huge effort to be examined effectively. As these dimensions…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2017-07-19 Nour Moustafa , Jill Slay

This draft addresses issues of detecting stealthy integrity cyber-attacks on automatic control systems in the unified control and detection framework. A general form of integrity cyber-attacks that cannot be detected using the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-06-08 Steven X. Ding , Linlin Li , Dong Zhao , Chris Louen , Tianyu Liu

This paper presents a hybrid method for the detection of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks that combines feature-based and volume-based detection. Our approach is based on an exponential moving average algorithm for…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2018-12-14 P. D. Bojovic , I. Basicevic , S. Ocovaj , M. Popovic

This paper is concerned with the leader-following consensus problem for a class of Lipschitz nonlinear multi-agent systems with uncertain dynamics, where each agent only transmits its noisy output, at discrete instants and independently…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-07-03 Tomas Menard , Ali Syed , Emmanuel Moulay , Patrick Coirault , Michael Defoort

Organizations such as government departments and financial institutions provide online service facilities accessible via an increasing number of internet connected devices which make their operational environment vulnerable to cyber…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-07-28 Insha Ullah , Kerrie Mengersen , Rob J Hyndman , James McGree

The integration of communication networks and the Internet of Things (IoT) in Industrial Control Systems (ICSs) increases their vulnerability towards cyber-attacks, causing devastating outcomes. Traditional Intrusion Detection Systems…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-05-05 Abdulrahman Al-Abassi , Hadis Karimipour , Ali Dehghantanha , Reza M. Parizi

"Feint Attack", as a new type of APT attack, has become the focus of attention. It adopts a multi-stage attacks mode which can be concluded as a combination of virtual attacks and real attacks. Under the cover of virtual attacks, real…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2019-05-10 Di Zhao , Jiqiang Liu , Jialin Wang , Wenjia Niu , Endong Tong , Tong Chen , Gang Li