Cyber-Physical Systems and their Security Issues

Abstract

Broadly, cyber physical systems are systems that integrate computing into the physical world. Control systems, the increase in their intersection with information technology networks and the variety of communication methods also cause the threat vectors in cyber physical systems security to change and increase. This shows that traditional information technology security measures, new generation information technology security solutions or security solutions specific to control systems will be insufficient alone, and the need for integrated security solutions that include all components in the cyber physical systems network and include operational scenarios. In this work, it was cover a couple of definitions of cyber physical systems and it was present an overview of cyber physical systems, what they are, where they are found, and how they are used. It also includes some information on the specific reasons cyber physical systems present greater security demands. The stakes are higher, the components are much more difficult to maintain and update, and the systems are more complex. The goal is to understand these systems well enough to design effective security measures to counter potential attacks.