SIE Seminar: Pratik Satam
September 8, 2022, 2:00 - 3:00 PM (MST)
Pratik Satam
Assistant Professor of Systems and Industrial Engineering
The University of Arizona
"Autonomic Security Framework for Networked Cyber Physical Systems Security (ASF-NCPS)"
In-Person at ENGR 301 or via Zoom
Abstract
Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) play a vital role in modern society for managing critical infrastructures like water supply systems, power generation units, manufacturing plants, and other economically essential facilities. Traditionally, CPSs operated as standalone systems, isolated from networks, requiring personnel with special authorization for access, usage, and maintenance. However, with changing times, the ubiquity of the Internet and the increased productivity via network-based management and control software have resulted in the CPS slowly integrating with the Internet. This exposure of CPSs to traditional networks has increased the attack surfaces available for an attacker to exploit. Through this talk, Dr. Satam presents Autonomic Security Framework for Networked Cyber Physical Systems Security (ASF-NCPS), a security framework to secure such vulnerable Networked Cyber Physical Systems (N-CPS). This framework provides 1) a methodology to model N-CPS, sensor and actuator behavior for threat detection; 2) a methodology to model N-CPS controller and network behavior for threat detection and mitigation.
Bio
Dr. Pratik Satam is an assistant professor in the Department of Systems and Industrial Engineering at The University of Arizona. He received his B.E. degree in Electronics and Telecommunication engineering from the University of Mumbai, in 2013, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical and computer engineering from The University of Arizona in 2015 and 2019, respectively. From 2019 to 2022, he has been a research assistant professor with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Arizona. His current research interests include network security, computer security, industrial control systems security, cyber resilience, secure critical infrastructures, and cloud security using machine learning. He is also an associate editor for scientific journal Cluster Computing.