how does cybersecurity relate to safety?

S oftwareE ngineering &N etworkS ystems Lab

How Does Cybersecurity Relate to Safety?

Betty H.C. Cheng,

Software Engineering and Network Systems LabDigital Evolution Laboratory

BEACON: NSF Center for Evolution in ActionDepartment of Computer Science and Engineering

Michigan State Universitychengb at cse dot msu dot edu

http://www.cse.msu.edu/~chengb


IoT: Physical Cyberinfrastructure

•Network-•Centric

•Battlefield•Homeland Security

•Ecosystem Monitoring

•Disaster •Relief

•Secure Information Systems•Digital Supply Chain

• Remote

• Safety-critical

• Real-time

• Privacy

• Adaptable

• All the above• Wired •Internet


New Scale: Internet of Things

Healthcare Infrastructure

•20•Ultra-Large-Scale Systems•Linda Northrop, ICSE 2007

•© 2007 Carnegie Mellon University

•New scale:• Data stored, accessed, manipulated, and refined• Number of connections/interdependencies among

components• Number of hardware elements

Heterogeneous Collection of Distributed Systems


Intelligent Transportation and Vehicle Systems

•21•Ultra-Large-Scale Systems•Linda Northrop, ICSE 2007

•© 2007 Carnegie Mellon University

High-Assurance Cyberphysical Systems

•Requires increasingly complex systems• Thousands of platforms, sensors, decision nodes, complex

systems • Connected through heterogeneous wired and wireless

networks.

Ultra-Large Scale Systems


S oftwareE ngineering &N etworkS ystems LabThe ULS/IoT Ecosystem

• Key elements:– Computing devices– Business and organizational policies– Environment (including people)

• Forces:– Competition for resources– Unexpected environmental changes– Decentralized control– Demand for assurance (safety and

security)


Approach• Key Cybersecurity Challenges:

– Prevention– Detection– Mitigation

• Competing Concerns:• Safety• Information Access (e.g., “Internet of Things”) • Heterogeneity of Systems and Stakeholders

• Multi-Disciplinary Strategies:– Leverage enabling technologies from other disciplines

(e.g., biology, AI, control, cognitive & social science, etc.)– Collaborate with other disciplines for a more holistic,

systemic approach to address cybersecurity and safety. 6