Security-Enhancing Digital Twins: Characteristics, Indicators, and Future Perspectives
Journal article, 2023
The term digital twin (DT) has become a key theme of the cyber-physical systems (CPSs) area while remaining vaguely defined as a virtual replica of an entity. This article identifies DT characteristics essential for enhancing CPS security and discusses indicators to evaluate them.
Security
Mathematical models
Emulation
Network systems
Behavioral sciences
Digital twins
Testing
Author
Matthias Eckhart
SBA Research
Andreas Ekelhart
University of Vienna
David Allison
AIT Austrian Institute of Technology
Magnus Almgren
Network and Systems
Katharina Ceesay-Seitz
CERN
Helge Janicke
Cyber Security Cooperative Research Centre
Simin Nadjm-Tehrani
Linköping University
Awais Rashid
University of Bristol
Mark Yampolskiy
Samuel Ginn College of Engineering
IEEE Security and Privacy
1540-7993 (ISSN) 15584046 (eISSN)
Vol. 21 6 64-75RICS2: Resilient Information and Control Systems
Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency, 2021-01-01 -- 2023-12-31.
Subject Categories (SSIF 2011)
Production Engineering, Human Work Science and Ergonomics
Embedded Systems
Computer Science
Subject Categories (SSIF 2025)
Security, Privacy and Cryptography
DOI
10.1109/MSEC.2023.3271225