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In this paper, we present the concept of boosting the resiliency of optimization-based observers for cyber-physical systems (CPS) using auxiliary sources of information. Due to the tight coupling of physics, communication and computation, a…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-09-01 Olugbenga Moses Anubi , Charalambos Konstantinou , Carlos A. Wong , Satish Vedula

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

In this work, we evaluate theoretical results on the feasibility of, the worst-case impact of, and defense mechanisms against a stealthy sensor attack in an experimental setup. We demonstrate that for a controller with stable dynamics the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-05-02 David Umsonst , Henrik Sandberg

Cyber-Physical System (CPS) represents systems that join both hardware and software components to perform real-time services. Maintaining the system's reliability is critical to the continuous delivery of these services. However, the CPS…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2023-11-10 Diaeddin Rimawi

Critical real-world applications strongly rely on Cyber-physical systems (CPS), but their dependence on communication networks introduces significant security risks, as attackers can exploit vulnerabilities to compromise their integrity and…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-03 Samuel Oliveira , Mostafa Tavakkoli Anbarani , Gregory Beal , Ilya Kovalenko , Marcelo Teixeira , André B. Leal , Rômulo Meira-Góes

The threats faced by cyber-physical systems (CPSs) in critical infrastructure have motivated research into a multitude of attack detection mechanisms, including anomaly detectors based on neural network models. The effectiveness of anomaly…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-06-16 Yifan Jia , Jingyi Wang , Christopher M. Poskitt , Sudipta Chattopadhyay , Jun Sun , Yuqi Chen

Sustainability-targeting attacks (STA) are a growing threat to cyber-physical system (CPS)-based infrastructure, as sustainability goals become an integral part of CPS objectives. STA can be especially disruptive if it impacts the long-term…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-01 Faysal Ahamed , Tanushree Roy

Cyber-physical systems (CPS) have experienced rapid growth in recent decades. However, like any other computer-based systems, malicious attacks evolve mutually, driving CPS to undesirable physical states and potentially causing…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-04-09 Pengyuan Lu , Lin Zhang , Mengyu Liu , Kaustubh Sridhar , Fanxin Kong , Oleg Sokolsky , Insup Lee

Future power networks will be characterized by safe and reliable functionality against physical malfunctions and cyber attacks. This paper proposes a unified framework and advanced monitoring procedures to detect and identify network…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2011-03-16 Fabio Pasqualetti , Florian Dörfler , Francesco Bullo

We apply formal methods to lay and streamline theoretical foundations to reason about Cyber-Physical Systems (CPSs) and cyber-physical attacks. We focus on %a formal treatment of both integrity and DoS attacks to sensors and actuators of…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2017-04-24 Ruggero Lanotte , Massimo Merro , Riccardo Muradore , Luca Viganò

Over the past decade, industrial control systems have experienced a massive integration with information technologies. Industrial networks have undergone numerous technical transformations to protect operational and production processes,…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-10-26 Riccardo Colelli , Filippo Magri , Stefano Panzieri , Federica Pascucci

This article introduces an anomaly detection based algorithm (AD-CPS) to detect false data injection attacks that fall under the category of data deception/integrity attacks, but with arbitrary information structure, in cyber-physical…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-11-25 Souvik Das , Avishek Ghosh , Debasish Chatterjee

This paper addresses the problem of distributed resilient state estimation and control for linear time-invariant systems in the presence of malicious false data injection sensor attacks and bounded noise. We consider a system operator…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-07-17 Takumi Shinohara , Karl H. Johansson , Henrik Sandberg

In this work, we focus on analyzing vulnerability of nonlinear dynamical control systems to stealthy sensor attacks. We start by defining the notion of stealthy attacks in the most general form by leveraging Neyman-Pearson lemma;…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-01-02 Amir Khazraei , Miroslav Pajic

The resilience of cyberphysical systems to denial-of-service (DoS) and integrity attacks is studied in this paper. The cyberphysical system is modeled as a linear structured system, and its resilience to an attack is interpreted in a graph…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-09-06 Bhaskar Ramasubramanian , M. A. Rajan , M. Girish Chandra , Rance Cleaveland , Steven I. Marcus

Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) integrate sensing, communication, computation, and control to support critical infrastructure, including smart grids, industrial automation, and control systems. In the electrical utility domain, various…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-05-28 Abile Jean , Kuniyilh S

Cyber-physical system (CPS) is the foundational backbone of modern critical infrastructures, so ensuring its security and resilience against cyber-attacks is of pivotal importance. This paper addresses the challenge of designing anomaly…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2026-01-16 Yulin Feng , Dapeng Lan , Chao Shang

This paper studies the performance and resilience of a cyber-physical control system (CPCS) with attack detection and reactive attack mitigation. It addresses the problem of deriving an optimal sequence of false data injection attacks that…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2017-06-07 Subhash Lakshminarayana , Teo Zhan Teng , David K. Y. Yau , Rui Tan

Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) integrate physical and embedded systems with information and communication technology systems, monitoring and controlling physical processes with minimal human intervention. The connection to information and…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-09-17 Asila AlHarmali , Saqib Ali , Waqas Aman , Omar Hussain

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