Title
Model-Based Autonomic Security Management For Cyber-Physical Infrastructures
Abstract
Supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems, widely used in monitoring and controlling critical infrastructure systems, are highly vulnerable to cyber attacks. Current security solutions can protect SCADA systems from known cyber assaults, but most require human intervention. This paper presents a model-based autonomic security management (ASM) approach that monitors SCADA system performance and proactively predicts upcoming cyber attacks that may disrupt physical processes. We also discuss the feasibility of intrusion detection systems for laboratory-scale known and unknown attack detection. The ASM approach provides the most appropriate countermeasure recommendations, which may be deployed (semi-)autonomously based on an adaptive feedback mechanism. We present a gas pipeline case study and carry out function code scanning and malicious parameter injection attacks to validate the self-protection feature. Experimental results show that the ASM approach strengthens the SCADA system security, reduces protection time delays and toward achieving normal operations with little or no human intervention.
Year
DOI
Venue
2016
10.1504/IJCIS.2016.10002316
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURES
Keywords
Field
DocType
autonomic computing, self-protection, SCADA system, cyber attacks
Countermeasure,Autonomic computing,Computer security,Supervisory control,Critical infrastructure,Cyber-physical system,SCADA,Engineering,Intrusion detection system,Security management
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
12
4
1475-3219
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
0
Authors
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Qian Chen1295.80
Madhulika Trivedi200.34
Sherif Abdelwahed332438.39
Thomas H. Morris48611.57
Frederick Sheldon58616.46