Considerations for Cyber-Physical Design Teams Tasked with Engineering Safe and Secure Systems for a Notional Electrified Aircraft Concept

Abstract

This work uses a systems thinking approach to investigate challenges associated with designing safe and secure Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS). First, a brief review the CPS security problem space is presented and the classic systems thinking Iceberg Model is used to perform root cause analysis exploring shortfalls in traditional CPS design teams. Next, the CPS design team construct is explored using a notional electrified aircraft vehicle concept to achieve ’Security by Design’ early in the concept analysis phase. This work uniquely offers recommendations to assist organizations, teams, and individuals preforming early conceptual analysis activities for CPSs. Issues such as team composition, prioritization of effort, and necessary knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) are explored using the notional electrified aircraft concept.