BIE-UKB Lecture 07 Notes: Cyber-Physical systems, Internet of Things

Terms

• Cyber-Physical System
  • older, and equivalent term, is Embedded System
• Is IoT a BuzzWord?
• Security-by-Obscurity
  • Proprietary, non-standard approaches employed in the design of protocols
  • Animas Insulin Pump Case
• Backdoors/Unreported Vulnerabilities
  • WannaCry Ransomware uses an exploit developed by the NSA
• Link Layer (+Network) to Physical Layer Protocols - ZigBee, LoRaWAN, SigFox, Bluetooth LE, ModBUS, WirelessMBUS, …

Security of CPS

• Security is closely related to reliability and Safety, as security issues may lead to physical damage
• constrained devices
  • Lightweight security
  • Post-Quantum Cryptography?
• updates?
• database of keys/access tokens
• Privacy
  • Car Manufacturer Case