Hackers of India

CyberPhysical Systems Security - Trends, challenges & opportunities

By  Frank Sanjay   Khushwant Pawar   Mayur Mehta   Faruk Kazi  on 05 Mar 2021 @ Nullcon


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The conversation revolves around the concept of creating open, IOT test beds for cyber physical systems. The speaker acknowledges that such facilities are not publicly available in India, despite some institutes and organizations having built their own test beds for research purposes.

To address this issue, the speaker suggests allocating time slots for public access to their test bed, facility, which can be done without disturbing ongoing research. This idea is seen as a positive outcome of the panel discussion.

The conversation also touches upon virtualized platforms, specifically in the context of automotive systems. The speakers discuss how they have moved away from hardware-based solutions and are now focusing on virtualizing electronic control units (ECUs) using software-in-loop systems or model-in-loop systems. This approach can help digitize remote operations and provide near real-time behavior.

Security testing is also discussed, with the idea of creating a virtual environment for hackathons and introducing bugs to test security features. However, commercial reasons may limit the availability of such solutions to the public.

The speakers emphasize the importance of collaboration between academia, industry, and the community in India to create publicly accessible test beds and virtual platforms for various domains, including automotive, civil engineering, and manufacturing.