Cyber-Physical System Discovery: Reverse Engineering Physical Processes

Abstract

Successful cyber attacks against cyber-physical systems require expert knowledge about the dynamic behaviour of the underlying physical process. Therefore, obtaining the relevant information is a crucial part during attack preparation. Previous work has shown manual acquisition of knowledge about process dynamics to be prohibitively laborious. This paper presents - first insights into semi-automated process-aware system discovery that goes beyond IT-related trivia, and focuses on the physical core of a system.