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With rise in security breaches over the past few years, there has been an increasing need to mine insights from social media platforms to raise alerts of possible attacks in an attempt to defend conflict during competition. We use…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2018-11-16 Soumajyoti Sarkar , Mohammad Almukaynizi , Jana Shakarian , Paulo Shakarian

The challenge of decision-making under uncertainty in information security has become increasingly important, given the unpredictable probabilities and effects of events in the ever-changing cyber threat landscape. Cyber threat intelligence…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-07-17 Martijn Dekker , Lampis Alevizos

Deception technology has proven to be a sound approach against threats to information systems. Aside from well-established honeypots, decoy elements, also known as honeytokens, are an excellent method to address various types of threats.…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-04-09 Daniel Reti , Daniel Fraunholz , Janis Zemitis , Daniel Schneider , Hans Dieter Schotten

According to different typologies of activity and priority, risks can assume diverse meanings and it can be assessed in different ways. In general risk is measured in terms of a probability combination of an event (frequency) and its…

Physics and Society · Physics 2009-11-13 C. E. Bonafede , P. Giudici

Nowadays, companies are highly exposed to cyber security threats. In many industrial domains, protective measures are being deployed and actively supported by standards. However the global process remains largely dependent on document…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-09-13 Christophe Ponsard

In recent years, cyberattacks - along with physical faults - have become an increasing factor causing system failures, especially in DER (Distributed Energy Resources) systems. In addition, according to the literature, a number of faults…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-01-08 Mohammad Shamim Ahsan , Haizhou Wang , Venkateswara Reddy Motakatla , Minghui Zhu , Peng Liu

Artificial Intelligence (AI) agents can now orchestrate cyberattacks. This development is already increasing the speed and scale of cyber attacks, decreasing attack costs, and improving the operational autonomy of cyber capabilities. To…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2026-05-22 Matt Mittelsteadt , Jam Kraprayoon , Robin Staes-Polet , Oskar Galeev , Jan Wehner , Christopher Covino , Shaun Ee

The UK Critical National Infrastructure is critically dependent on digital technologies that provide communications, monitoring, control, and decision-support functionalities. Digital technologies are progressively enhancing efficiency,…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-08-18 Uchenna D Ani , Jeremy D McK Watson , Nilufer Tuptuk , Steve Hailes , Madeline Carr , Carsten Maple

Analysis cyberinfrastructure refers to the combination of software and computer hardware used to support late-stage data analysis in High Energy Physics (HEP). For the purposes of this white paper, late-stage data analysis refers…

Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability · Physics 2022-03-18 Kevin Lannon , Paul Brenner , Mike Hildreth , Kenyi Hurtado Anampa , Alan Malta Rodrigues , Kelci Mohrman , Doug Thain , Benjamin Tovar

The convergence of information and communication technologies has introduced new and advanced capabilities to Industrial Control Systems. However, concurrently, it has heightened their vulnerability to cyber attacks. Consequently, the…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-04-29 Pavlos Cheimonidis , Kontantinos Rantos

Web Agents are increasingly deployed to perform complex tasks in real web environments, yet their security evaluation remains fragmented and difficult to standardize. We present WebTrap Park, an automated platform for systematic security…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-01-14 Xinyi Wu , Jiagui Chen , Geng Hong , Jiayi Dong , Xudong Pan , Jiarun Dai , Min Yang

As Critical National Infrastructures are becoming more vulnerable to cyber attacks, their protection becomes a significant issue for any organization as well as a nation. Moreover, the ability to attribute is a vital element of avoiding…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2019-01-15 Leandros Maglaras , Mohamed Amine Ferrag , Abdelouahid Derhab , Mithun Mukherjee , Helge Janicke , Stylianos Rallis

In this paper we present a study on using novel data types to perform cyber risk quantification by estimating the likelihood of a data breach. We demonstrate that it is feasible to build a highly accurate cyber risk assessment model using…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-06-10 Armin Sarabi , Manish Karir , Mingyan Liu

The transition to the smart grid introduces complexity to the design and operation of electric power systems. This complexity has the potential to result in safety-related losses that are caused, for example, by unforeseen interactions…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2023-09-15 Paul Smith , Eva Piatkowska , Edmund Widl , Filip Pröstl Andrén , Thomas I. Strasser

The increasing critical dependencies on Internetof-Things (IoT) have raised security concerns; its application on the critical infrastructures (CIs) for power generation has come under massive cyber-attack over the years. Prior research…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-02-04 Henry Matey Akwetey , Paul Danquah , Godfred Yaw Koi-Akrofi

The ability to analyze network threats is very important in security research. Traditional approaches, involving sandboxing technology are limited to simulating a single host, missing local network attacks. This issue is addressed by…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2020-07-17 Francisc Moldovan , Ciprian Oprisa

This paper examines defending the power grid against load-altering attacks using electric vehicle charging. It proposes to preventively segment the cyber infrastructure that charging station operators (CSOs) use to communicate with and…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-19 Kirill Kuroptev , Florian Steinke , Efthymios Karangelos

For workers, the exposure to on-site hazards can result in fatalities and serious injuries. To improve safety outcomes, different approaches have been implemented for health and safety training in the construction sector, such as…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2018-08-08 Yifan Gao , Vicente Gonzalez , Tak Wing Yiu

In cybersecurity, attackers range from brash, unsophisticated script kiddies and cybercriminals to stealthy, patient advanced persistent threats. When modeling these attackers, we can observe that they demonstrate different risk-seeking and…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-09-27 Erick Galinkin , John Carter , Spiros Mancoridis

In this research article, we explore the use of a design process for adapting existing cyber risk assessment standards to allow the calculation of economic impact from IoT cyber risk. The paper presents a new model that includes a design…