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Unsupervised Attack Isolation in Cyber-physical Systems: A Competitive Test of Clustering Algorithms

In: Cyberdefense

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  • KuiZhen Su

    (Singapore University of Technology and Design)

  • Chuadhry Mujeeb Ahmed

    (University of Strathclyde)

  • Jianying Zhou

    (Singapore University of Technology and Design)

Abstract

When a complex cyber-physical infrastructure is attacked, operators need to isolate the attack location. Since sensors and actuators are physically intertwined in such structures, operators must be able to separate incoming status data to isolate the precise location of the cyberattack. We let several unsupervised algorithms compete and analyze the extent to which they can provide fast and efficient analysis in order to support operators with this task, using data from the Secure Water Treatment testbed (SWaT), an experimental infrastructure in Singapore that allows us to simulate the behavior of large infrastructure systems. We find that the k-Shape algorithm performs best. This result suggests that unsupervised algorithms can support human operators efficiently even in critical infrastructures with complex sensor data time series.

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  • KuiZhen Su & Chuadhry Mujeeb Ahmed & Jianying Zhou, 2023. "Unsupervised Attack Isolation in Cyber-physical Systems: A Competitive Test of Clustering Algorithms," International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, in: Marcus Matthias Keupp (ed.), Cyberdefense, chapter 0, pages 27-47, Springer.
  • Handle: RePEc:spr:isochp:978-3-031-30191-9_3
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-30191-9_3
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