Top Research Papers on Cyber Security

A multi-dimensional adaptive attack taxonomy is presented and utilized for evaluating real-life ICPS cyber incidents and is identified the general shortcomings and highlight the points that cause a gap in existing literature while defining future research directions.

A comprehensive framework that responds to the complexities of modern cyber threats and provides guidance to organizations to enhance their resilience, with a primary focus on the integration of capabilities with resilience.

It is argued that the traditional cybersecurity methods need to evolve to address the new class of attack vectors that threaten the AM supply chain and also the nature of existing solutions that help in addressing the risks and attack threats are discussed.

A comprehensive framework for implementing CTI in organizations is proposed, comprised of a knowledge base, detection models, and visualization dashboards, which provides insight for future studies, such as how organizations can tailor their approach to their needs and resources.

Since a false data injection (FDI) attack that compromises the data integrity in the cyber/communication network is one of the most challenging threats for smart microgrids, it is investigated in detail in this paper.

The new generation attacks are discussed and documented in detail, the advanced key management schemes are depicted and the quantum cryptography is discussed with its merits and future scope of the same.

A thorough examination of cyber security kinds, why cyber security is important, cyber security framework, cyberSecurity tools, and cyber security difficulties is conducted.

This article presents a survey of DRL approaches developed for cyber security, including DRL-based security methods for cyber–physical systems, autonomous intrusion detection techniques, and multiagent D RL-based game theory simulations for defense strategies against cyberattacks.

Through this in-depth review, this article attempts to summarize the current security threats to CPSs and the state-of-the-art security means to provide researchers with a comprehensive overview.

The research has found that cyber security threats are a major problem in digital banking and has used a theoretical analysis method involving secondary information sources.

A holistic view of recently proposed DL solutions is provided to cyber attack detection in the CPS context and great potential to detect cyber attacks against CPS through DL modules is indicated.

A taxonomy is provided to summarize the studies on CTI mining based on the intended purposes and a comprehensive review of the current state-of-the-art is presented.

The analysis shows how following what appeared to be large gaps between the initial outbreak of the pandemic in China and the first COVID-19 related cyber-attack, attacks steadily became much more prevalent to the point that on some days, three or four unique cyber-attacks were being reported.

A context-specific safety setup for conventional cyber–physical systems for smart cities proposed for HSCCA is recommended and a few prospective areas for exploring and their impact are put forth.

This paper critically explores the literature on cyber security for in-vehicle communication focusing on technical architecture, methodologies, challenges, and possible solutions and proposes a multi-layer secure framework as a protocol and use case-independent in-Vehicle communication solution.

The challenges and a future vision of the cyber–physical security of photovoltaic (PV) systems are discussed from a firmware, network, PV converter controls, and grid security perspective and the blockchain technology that addresses cyberattacks in software and cybernetworks is described.

The objective of this research is to provide an efficient method to identify critical components in the system by considering a realistic attack scenario, namely the Maximum-Impact through Critical-Line with Limited Budget (MICLLB) problem.

A comprehensive review of the cyber-security of the LFC mechanism in the power system is presented, including the identification of attack points of different configurations of theLFC system, discussion of the attack strategies, formulation of various attack models, and a brief review ofThe existing detection and defense mechanisms against cyber-attacks on LFC.

The aim of this study is to survey and comprehensively review the standard advances presented in the field of cyber security and to investigate the challenges, weaknesses and strengths of the proposed methods.

The findings support regulators in their efforts to increase women’s representation on boards by providing empirical evidence of better outcomes with this type of board composition.

Potential malicious cyber-attacks to power systems which are connected to a wide range of stakeholders from the top to tail will impose significant societal risks and challenges. The timely detection and defense are of crucial importance for safe and reliable operation of cyber-physical power systems (CPPSs). This paper presents a comprehensive review of some of the latest attack detection and defense strategies. Firstly, the vulnerabilities brought by some new information and communication technologies (ICTs) are analyzed, and their impacts on the security of CPPSs are discussed. Various mali...

The smart grid (SG) system is an intelligent technology that facilitates the integration of green technology and environmental aspects, which is a two-way communication system for information transformation, power generation, and distribution. The development and application of communication technology in the traditional power system deployed the SG cyber-physical system. The SG systems have a complex architecture that contains critical devices and Internet of Things (IoT)-based infrastructures. These critical infrastructures and devices are faced with cyber-attacks. Therefore, the SG systems ...

The research found that a balanced base of cyber security knowledge development, uncertainty management, and consideration for the sector’s high levels of systemic and organisational interdependence are essential for its digital resilience and for the sustainability of its digital transformation efforts.

A comprehensive review of different modelling, simulation, and analysis methods and different types of cyber-attacks, cybersecurity measures for modern CPPS is explored in this paper.

Results show that internet users possess adequate cyber threat awareness but apply only minimal protective measures usually relatively common and simple ones, and that higher cyber knowledge is connected to the level of cyber awareness, beyond the differences in respondent country or gender.

This study looks into the current, and potential uses of Blockchain technology in business, specifically in Accounting and in cybersecurity, as well as relating Blockchain uses to current concerns within cyberspace.

In this paper, AI security trends and data breaches caused by malicious attacks are discussed.

The threats and potential solutions of the IoT-based smart grid are analyzed and a deep understanding of cyber-security vulnerabilities and solutions are supply and a guide on future research directions for cyber- security in smart grid applications is given.

There is a need, in future research, to identify the key cyber security vulnerabilities, targeted/victimized applications, mitigation techniques and infrastructures, so that researchers and practitioners could get a better insight into it.

Cyber security has become a very critical concern that needs the attention of researchers, academicians, and organizations to confidentially ensure the protection and security of information systems. Due to the increasing demand for digitalization, every individual and organization faces continually shifting cyber threats. This article provides an overview of the state of the art in cyber security, challenges, and tactics, current conditions, and global trends of cyber security. To stay ahead of the curve in cyber security, we conducted a systematic review to uncover the latest trends, challen...

This article considers the design and analysis of multiple moving target defenses for recognizing and isolating attacks on cyber-physical systems and proposes the use of sensor nonlinearities to enhance the effectiveness of the moving target defense.

The state of the cyber-security research that is focused on improving the security of the water supply and wastewater collection and treatment systems that form part of the critical national infrastructure is reviewed.

This paper describes and analyzes up-to-date corresponding defense strategies for securing CAVs and concludes several available cyber-security and safety standards of CAVs, which are helpful for the practical application ofCAVs.

Riskio is proposed, a tabletop game to increase cyber security awareness for people with no-technical background working in organisations that provides an active learning environment where players build knowledge on cyber security attacks and defences by playing both the attacker and the defender of critical assets in a fictitious organisation.

DeepBlockIoTNet is proposed, a secure DL approach with blockchain for the IoT network wherein the DL operation is carried out among the edge nodes at the edge layer in a decentralized, secure manner and the blockchain provides a secureDL operation and removes the control from a centralized authority.

The findings confirm the neglect of civil society threats in commercial reporting, supporting the hypothesis that commercial interests of firms will produce a systematic bias in reporting, which functions as much as advertising as intelligence.

This research on the combination of a CPS and artificial intelligence in the construction industry can provide a theoretical basis and practical reference materials for the development of the intelligent construction industry.

A survey of existing approaches to analyze log data reveals that approaches usually pursue one or more of four major objectives: overview and filtering, parsing and signature extraction, static outlier detection, and sequences and dynamic anomaly detection.

The latest development of secure state estimation is summarized in light of different performance indicators and defense strategies and two specific application examples of water supply distribution systems and wide-area power systems are presented to demonstrate the applicability of securestate estimation and control approaches.

As the Internet has transformed into a critical infrastructure, society has become more vulnerable to its security flaws. Despite substantial efforts to address many of these vulnerabilities by industry, government, and academia, cyber security attacks continue to increase in intensity, diversity, and impact. Thus, it becomes intuitive to investigate the current cyber security threats, assess the extent to which corresponding defenses have been deployed, and evaluate the effectiveness of risk mitigation efforts. Addressing these issues in a sound manner requires large-scale empirical data to b...