CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE AWARD 2023
Matthias Eckhart wird für seine Dissertation Managing Cyber-Physical Risk in the Industrial Control Systems Lifecycle ausgezeichnet.
Abstract der Dissertation
The safe and reliable operation of industrial processes is vital in today's society and economy. However, industrial control systems (ICSs) are increasingly exposed to threats that exploit their cyber-physical properties with the objective of compromising the critical services they provide. This problem is aggravated by the fact that the peculiarities of ICSs constrain the implementation of conventional IT security solutions, which are commonly employed to protect information systems. Moreover, new technology trends, such as Industry 4.0 and the Industrial Internet of Things, broaden the attack surface of ICSs and make them more susceptible to cyber-physical attacks. Addressing security issues from the very beginning of the systems' lifecycle can help alleviate this situation. Furthermore, cyber-physical risk must be managed throughout subsequent phases as ICSs and the threat landscape continue to evolve. Thus, this dissertation will explore different security challenges in the engineering and operation of ICSs and present methods for risk assessment and mitigation to address them.
Der Preisträger
Matthias Eckhart hat an der FH JOANNEUM in Kapfenberg Masterstudien in Informatik – IT & Mobile Security sowie IT Law & Management – abgeschlossen. Seit Mai 2022 ist er Doktorand am Institut für Information Systems Engineering (Forschungsbereich Software Engineering) der Technischen Universität Wien. Im Frühjahr 2023 forschte er im Rahmen des NII International Internship Program am National Institute of Informatics (NII) in Tokio. Seit 2017 ist er als Junior Researcher am Forschungsinstitut SBA Research in Wien tätig.