Secure and Resilient Soft Real-Time Cyber-Physical Systems
Abstract
MIT shall design and build software-security defenses that can be applied in such systems to prevent many types of attacks. Cyber-physical systems (CPS) in particular o#er both constraints on the types of defenses that can be deployed, as well as unique assumptions that can be leveraged that may not be valid in the context of more general-purpose computing environments. For example, CPS often have size, weight, and power (SWaP) constraints, as well as timing requirements that are fundamental to ensure the safe operating of the physical system. However, the physical properties of the system, such as inertia, also expose new assumptions that can be harnessed to enable more e#cientor e#ective software-security defenses. In this e#ort, we will establish models of both the requirements and enabling assumptions, and demonstrate how and if existing high technology readiness level (TRL) solutions can be applied in the short term, while also identifying defensive gaps, which will be addressed inthe design of software-security defenses tailored to the unique constraints of CPS.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- May 08, 2020
- Source ID
- N000142012533
Entities
People
- Howard Elliot Shrobe
Organizations
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Office of Naval Research
- United States Navy