Secure and resilient control design for cloud enabled Networked Control Systems

Zhiheng Xu, Quanyan Zhu

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Abstract

Cloud computing enables resource-constrained Networked Control Systems (NCSs) to outsource heavy computations to a cloud server with massive computational resources. However, Cloudenabled NCSs (CE-NCSs) introduce new challenges arising from the trustworthiness of the cloud and the cyber-physical connections between the control system and the cloud. To address these concerns, this paper presents a secure and resilient mechanism, which employs customized cryptographic tools to encrypt the data of a control problem and develops verification methods to guarantee the integrity of the computational results from the cloud. In addition, our design enables a Switching Mode Mechanism (SMM) to provide resiliency to the NCSs when the system successively fails to receive correct control inputs from the cloud. We demonstrate that the mechanism can achieve the data confidentiality and integrity, guarantee the stability, and enhance the resiliency. Finally, an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) example is used to corroborate these properties.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationCPS-SPC 2015 - Proceedings of the 1st ACM Workshop on Cyber-Physical Systems-Security and/or Privacy, co-located with CCS 2015
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery, Inc
Pages31-42
Number of pages12
ISBN (Electronic)9781450338271
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 16 2015
Event1st ACM Workshop on Cyber-Physical Systems-Security and/or Privacy, CPS-SPC 2015 - Denver, United States
Duration: Oct 16 2015 → …

Publication series

NameCPS-SPC 2015 - Proceedings of the 1st ACM Workshop on Cyber-Physical Systems-Security and/or Privacy, co-located with CCS 2015

Other

Other1st ACM Workshop on Cyber-Physical Systems-Security and/or Privacy, CPS-SPC 2015
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityDenver
Period10/16/15 → …

Keywords

  • Cloud-enabled networked control system
  • Cyber-physical system
  • Resiliency
  • Security

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Science Applications
  • Software

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