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Graph-Based Simulation for Cyber-Physical Attacks on Smart Buildings

Abstract

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As buildings evolve towards the envisioned smart building paradigm, smart buildings' cyber-security issues and physical security issues are mingling. Although research studies have been conducted to detect and prevent physical (or cyber) intrusions to smart building systems(SBS), it is still unknown (1) how one type of intrusion facilitates the other, and (2) how such synergic attacks compromise the security protection of whole systems. To investigate both research questions, the author proposes a graph-based testbed to simulate cyber-physical attacks on smart buildings. The testbed models both cyber and physical accesses of a smart building in an integrated graph, and simulates diverse cyber-physical attacks to assess their synergic impacts on the building and its systems. In this thesis, the author presents the testbed design and the developed prototype, SHSIM. An experiment is conducted to simulate attacks on multiple smart home designs and to demonstrate the functions and feasibility of the proposed simulation system.

Degree

thesis:*
Name thesis:degree_name
Master of Science
Level thesis:degree_level
masters
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Computer Science and Applications
Department dc:contributor.department
Computer Science
Grantor dc:publisher
Virginia Tech
Year dc:date.issued
2021

Author and committee

dc:creator, dc:contributor.*
Author dc:creator
  • Agarwal, Rahul
Chair dc:contributor.committeechair
  • Meng, Na
Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember
  • Fox, Edward A.
  • Gao, Xinghua
  • Karpatne, Anuj

Subjects

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Rights

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Statement dc:rights
  • In Copyright

Identifiers

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Dc Identifier Other
vt_gsexam:31229
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/103614

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2026-07-22
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citation

Agarwal, Rahul. Graph-Based Simulation for Cyber-Physical Attacks on Smart Buildings. masters thesis, Virginia Tech, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/103614