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Security solutions for embedded, network, and cyber-physical systems are being researched and developed by Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) engineers to address the increase of attacks on networks, intellectual property, and embedded systems. 

What are Cyber-Physical Systems?

Cyber-physical systems (CPS) are characterized as specialized computational devices that:

• Interact in some way with their physical surroundings

• Communicate with each other in order to accomplish a mission

Cyber-Physical Systems Testing

New cyber-physical systems are continually being deployed and the complexities of such systems continues to increase. Testing these systems for vulnerabilities can be a challenge due to the difficulty in fully reasoning about the sequences of attacks that must be deployed.

The Communications and Embedded Systems Department at SwRI is working to build an adaptable environment for the integration of threat models and security testing tools in support of:

• Configurable testing

• Automated testing

• Repeatable testing

• Results gathering

For more information about our cyber-physical systems testing and capabilities, or how you can contract with SwRI, please contact Mark Brooks at mbrooks@swri.org or (210) 522-3727.
 

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Southwest Research Institute^® (SwRI^®), headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, is a multidisciplinary, independent, nonprofit, applied engineering and physical sciences research and development organization with 12 technical divisions.

January 13, 2010