Cyber Vulnerabilities of Embedded Systems on Air and Space Systems (Study Abstract)

Abstract

The USAF Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) study on Cyber Vulnerabilities of Embedded Systems on Air and Space Systems was tasked to survey the use of embedded systems and assess potential cyber vulnerabilities and specific attack vectors that could affect each major category of embedded systems. The SAB considered the difficulties to an adversary in implementing such attacks as well as identifying how such attacks might be detected and the likely resulting mission impacts. The Board was also tasked to specify any immediate steps that should be taken to reduce cyber vulnerabilities in existing air and space systems, and to generate a roadmap for technology development that will result in less-vulnerable embedded systems in the near-, mid-, and far-term.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 06, 2015
Accession Number
AD1149792

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Contracts
  • Cyber Defense Techniques
  • Embedded Systems
  • Formal Languages
  • Integrated Systems
  • Language
  • Lessons Learned
  • Life Cycle Management
  • Life Cycles
  • Situational Awareness
  • Software Assurance
  • Space Systems
  • Standards
  • Vulnerability

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.
  • Robotics and Automation.

Technology Areas

  • Cyber
  • Space