Departmental Papers (CIS)
Date of this Version
4-14-2015
Document Type
Conference Paper
Recommended Citation
Junkil Park, Radoslav Ivanov, James Weimer, Miroslav Pajic, and Insup Lee, "Sensor Attack Detection in the Presence of Transient Faults", 6th International Conference on Cyber-Physical Systems (ICCPS 2015) , 1-10. April 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2735960.2735984
Abstract
This paper addresses the problem of detection and identification of sensor attacks in the presence of transient faults. We consider a system with multiple sensors measuring the same physical variable, where some sensors might be under attack and provide malicious values. We consider a setup, in which each sensor provides the controller with an interval of possible values for the true value. While approaches exist for detecting malicious sensor attacks, they are conservative in that they treat attacks and faults in the same way, thus neglecting the fact that sensors may provide faulty measurements at times due to temporary disturbances (e.g., a tunnel for GPS). To address this problem, we propose a transient fault model for each sensor and an algorithm designed to detect and identify attacks in the presence of transient faults. The fault model consists of three aspects: the size of the sensor's interval (1) and an upper bound on the number of errors (2) allowed in a given window size (3). Given such a model for each sensor, the algorithm uses pairwise inconsistencies between sensors to detect and identify attacks. In addition to the algorithm, we provide a framework for selecting a fault model for each sensor based on training data. Finally, we validate the algorithm's performance on real measurement data obtained from an unmanned ground vehicle.
Subject Area
CPS Auto, CPS Efficient Buildings
Publication Source
6th International Conference on Cyber-Physical Systems (ICCPS 2015)
Start Page
1
Last Page
10
DOI
10.1145/2735960.2735984
Copyright/Permission Statement
© ACM 2015. This is the author's version of the work. It is posted here for your personal use. Not for redistribution. The definitive Version of Record was published in Proceedings of the ACM/IEEE Sixth International Conference on Cyber-Physical Systems, http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2735960.2735984.
Keywords
Security and Protection, Unauthorized access, Process control systems, Real-time and embedded systems
Date Posted: 04 May 2015
This document has been peer reviewed.
Comments
6th International Conference on Cyber-Physical Systems (ICCPS 2015) http://iccps.acm.org/2015/ in conjunction with CPS Week 2015 http://www.cpsweek.org/2015/