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Reactive defense mechanisms, such as intrusion detection systems, have made significant efforts to secure a system or network for the last several decades. However, the nature of reactive security mechanisms has limitations because…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2019-09-19 Jin-Hee Cho , Dilli P. Sharma , Hooman Alavizadeh , Seunghyun Yoon , Noam Ben-Asher , Terrence J. Moore , Dong Seong Kim , Hyuk Lim , Frederica F. Nelson

Digital twins (DTs) are increasingly used to monitor and secure Industrial Control Systems (ICS), yet detecting stealthy False Data Injection Attacks (FDIAs) that manipulate system states within normal physical bounds remains challenging.…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-03-03 Inda Kreso , Mehran Tarif , Fatemeh Moradi , Iman Khazrak , Mostafa M Rezaee , Mohammadhossein Homaei

Fast and accurate detection of cyberattacks is a key element for a cyber-resilient power system. Recently, data-driven detectors and physics-based Moving Target Defences (MTD) have been proposed to detect false data injection (FDI) attacks…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-12-22 Wangkun Xu , Martin Higgins , Jianhong Wang , Imad M. Jaimoukha , Fei Teng

Deep learning based visual sensing has achieved attractive accuracy but is shown vulnerable to adversarial example attacks. Specifically, once the attackers obtain the deep model, they can construct adversarial examples to mislead the model…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-05-31 Qun Song , Zhenyu Yan , Rui Tan

As the integration of digital technologies and communication systems continues within distribution grids, new avenues emerge to tackle energy transition challenges. Nevertheless, this deeper technological immersion amplifies the necessity…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-12-06 Omer Sen , Nathalie Bleser , Andreas Ulbig

We present methods and applications for the development of digital twins (DT) for urban traffic management. While the majority of studies on the DT focus on its ``eyes," which is the emerging sensing and perception like object detection and…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-05 Yongjie Fu , Mehmet K. Turkcan , Mahshid Ghasemi , Zhaobin Mo , Chengbo Zang , Abhishek Adhikari , Zoran Kostic , Gil Zussman , Xuan Di

Digital twin (DT) technologies have emerged as a solution for real-time data-driven modeling of cyber physical systems (CPS) using the vast amount of data available by Internet of Things (IoT) networks. In this position paper, we elucidate…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-04-12 Jithin Jagannath , Keyvan Ramezanpour , Anu Jagannath

This paper introduces the Adaptive Defense Agent (ADA), an innovative Automated Moving Target Defense (AMTD) system designed to fundamentally enhance the security posture of AI workloads. ADA operates by continuously and automatically…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-06-02 Akram Sheriff , Ken Huang , Zsolt Nemeth , Madjid Nakhjiri

Microgrids (MGs) rely on networked control supported by off-the-shelf wireless communications. This makes them vulnerable to cyber-attacks, such as denial-of-service (DoS). In this paper, we mitigate those attacks by applying the concepts…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2018-02-09 Pietro Danzi , Marko Angjelichinoski , Čedomir Stefanović , Tomislav Dragičević , Petar Popovski

While the increasing penetration of information and communication technology into distribution grid brings numerous benefits, it also opens up a new threat landscape, particularly through cyberattacks. To provide a basis for countermeasures…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-11-22 Ömer Sen , Florian Schmidtke , Federico Carere , Francesca Santori , Andreas Ulbig , Antonello Monti

This paper examines how moving target defences (MTD) implemented in power systems can be countered by unsupervised learning-based false data injection (FDI) attack and how MTD can be combined with physical watermarking to enhance the system…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-08-07 Martin Higgins , Fei Teng , Thomas Parisini

In this paper, we present a mitigation methodology that leverages battery energy storage system (BESS) resources in coordination with microgrid (MG) ancillary services to maintain power system operations during cyberattacks. The control of…

Moving Target Defense (MTD) is commonly formulated as a repeated security game to mitigate persistent threats. Although the strong Stackelberg equilibrium (SSE) characterizes the defender's optimal strategy in the leader-follower framework,…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2026-05-11 Zhaoyang Cheng , Guanpu Chen , Yiguang Hong , Ming Cao , Mikael Skoglund

Moving target defense (MTD) techniques that enable a system to randomize its configuration to thwart prospective attacks are an effective security solution for tomorrow's wireless networks. However, there is a lack of analytical techniques…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-18 AbdelRahman Eldosouky , Walid Saad , Dusit Niyato

Network digital twins (NDTs) are transforming network management by offering precise virtual replicas of physical network systems. However, their reliance on diverse and sensitive data introduces significant challenges related to data…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-05-04 Zifan Zhang , Dianwei Chen , Anjun Gao , Manhua Wang , Mingzhe Chen , Minghong Fang , Xianfeng Yang , Yuchen Liu

Industrial Control Systems (ICS) in water distribution and treatment face cyber-physical attacks exploiting network and physical vulnerabilities. Current water system anomaly detection methods rely on correlations, yielding high false…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-01-21 Mohammadhossein Homaei , Mehran Tarif , Pablo Garcia Rodriguez , Andres Caro , Mar Avila

This paper analyzes stealthy attacks, particularly the zero-dynamics attack (ZDA) in networked control systems. ZDA hides the attack signal in the null-space of the state-space representation of the control system and hence it cannot be…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-09-17 Yanbing Mao , Hamidreza Jafarnejadsani , Pan Zhao , Emrah Akyol , Naira Hovakimyan

One of the most critical components of the Internet that an attacker could exploit is the DNS (Domain Name System) protocol and infrastructure. Researchers have been constantly developing methods to detect and defend against the attacks…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-10-04 Abdullah Aydeger , Pei Zhou , Sanzida Hoque , Marco Carvalho , Engin Zeydan

The development of Digital Twins (DTs) represents a transformative advance for simulating and optimizing complex systems in a controlled digital space. Despite their potential, the challenge of constructing DTs that accurately replicate and…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-06-21 Longfei Ma , Nan Cheng , Xiucheng Wang , Jiong Chen , Yinjun Gao , Dongxiao Zhang , Jun-Jie Zhang

In standard implementations of distributed secondary control for DC MicroGrids (MGs), the exchange of local measurements among neighboring control agents is enabled via off-the-shelf wireless solutions, such as IEEE 802.11. However, Denial…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-12-23 Pietro Danzi , Marko Angjelichinoski , Čedomir Stefanović , Petar Popovski