A Residual-Driven Secure Transmission and Detection Approach Against Stealthy Cyber-Physical Attacks for Accident Prevention

With the development of Cyber-Physical Systems (CPSs), many industrial facilities have realized remote control and monitoring. However, the widespread of CPSs has brought new issues and challenges in terms of security. Attackers can exploit vulnerabilities induced by network communication, tamper with transmitted data, and cause serious accidents through carefully designed covert attacks. This paper proposes a residual-driven comprehensive defense scheme based on the coprime factorization technique to address the threat posed by concealed CPS attacks. The novel scheme protects CPS from stealth cyber-physical attacks through secure transmission and attack detection. In particular, a secure transmission method is first introduced to prevent information leakage from the source. The pivotal idea is to convert confidential transmission control and measurement signals into non-essential filtered residual signals. It contributes to the reduction of information leakage and helps reduce the risks of stealth attacks. Then, under the same residual-driven framework, a stealth attack detection approach is put forward. It can eliminate false alarms caused by system faults, and therefore, achieve superior efficacy in detection accuracy under stealth attacks. Finally, simulation research is conducted on the F-404 engine to verify the effectiveness and performance of the proposed scheme and approach.