Smart City Testbed

Motivated by growing global needs to create more comfortable urban spaces as world urbanization continues to grow and as the global population is expected to double by 2050, smart cities are emerging as a priority for research and development across the world. Smart cities are forward-looking, progressive, and resource-efficient while providing at the same time a high quality of life. Smart cities, however, pose many research challenges spanning multiple disciplines.

The NYUAD CCS Smart City Testbed is a collection of interopable processes, each one consisting of simulation models, hardware devices, and appropriate network protocols for the connection to the Internet of Thing (IoT) platform.

Smart Grid

Intelligent Transportation

Chemical Plant

Smart House

Smart Building

Desalination Plant

Studies Enabled by Smart City Testbed:

– C. Konstantinou, M. Maniatakos, Chapter 15: ‘Security Analysis of Smart Grid’, Book title: ‘Communication, Control and Security for the Smart Grid’, The Institution of Engineering and Technology, London, UK, 2016

– C. Konstantinou, M. Sazos, Musleh A.S., A. Keliris, A. Al-Durra, and M. Maniatakos. “GPS Spoofing Effect on Phase Angle Monitoring and Control in an RTDS-based Hardware-In-The-Loop Environment”. In: IET
Cyber-Physical Systems: Theory & Applications (2017)

– J. Giraldo, E. Sarkar, A. Cardenas, M. Maniatakos, and M. Kantarcioglu. “Security and Privacy in Cyber-Physical Systems: A Survey of Surveys”. In: IEEE Design Test 34.4 (2017)

– S. McLaughlin, C. Konstantinou, X. Wang, L. Davi, A. Sadeghi, M. Maniatakos, and R. Karri. “The Industrial Control Systems Cyber Security Landscape”. In: Proceedings of the IEEE 104.5 (2016), pp. 1039–1057

– A. Keliris, C. Konstantinou, and M. Maniatakos. “GE Multilin SR Protective Relays Passcode Vulnerability”. In: BlackHat USA. 2017

– A. Keliris, H. Salehghaffari, B. Cairl, P. Krishnamurthy, M. Maniatakos, and F. Khorrami. “Machine Learning-based Defense Against Process-Aware Attacks on Industrial Control Systems”. In: IEEE International Test Conference. 2016, pp. 12.2.1–12.2.10

– C. Konstantinou and M. Maniatakos. “A Case Study on Implementing False Data Injection Attacks Against Nonlinear State Estimation”. In: ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security, Workshop on Cyber-Physical Systems Security & Privacy. 2016, pp. 81–92

– A. Keliris and M. Maniatakos. “Remote Field Device Fingerprinting Using Device-Specific Modbus Information”. In: IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems. 2016

– C. Konstantinou, A. Keliris, and M. Maniatakos. “Taxonomy of Firmware Trojans in Smart Grid Devices”. In: IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting. 2016.

– C. Konstantinou, M. Sazos, and M. Maniatakos. “Attacking the Smart Grid using Public Information”. In: IEEE Latin-American Test Symposium. 2016, pp. 105–110

– A. Keliris, C. Konstantinou, N.G. Tsoutsos, R. Baiad, and M. Maniatakos. “Enabling Multi-Layer Cyber-Security Assessment of Industrial Control Systems through Hardware-in-the-Loop Testbeds”. In: Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference. 2016, pp. 511–518

– C. Konstantinou and M. Maniatakos. “Impact of Firmware Modification Attacks on Power Systems Field Devices”. In: IEEE International Conference on Smart Grid Communications. 2015, pp. 283–288

– X. Wang, C. Konstantinou, R. Karri, and M. Maniatakos. “ConFirm: Detecting Firmware Modifications in Embedded Systems using Hardware Performance Counters”. In: IEEE International Conference on Computer-Aided Design. 2015, pp. 544–551

– C. Konstantinou, M. Maniatakos, F. Saqib, S. Hu, J. Plusquellic, and Y. Jin. “Cyber-Physical Systems: A Security Perspective”. In: IEEE European Test Symposium. 2015, pp. 1–8

– A. Keliris, C. Konstantinou, M. Sazos and M. Maniatakos. “Low-budget Energy Sector Cyberattacks via Open Source Exploitation”. In: IEEE International Conference on Very Large Scale Integration. 2018