Security of Cyber Physical Systems

Learning Outcomes

Subject Specific Practical Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Take straightforward measures to protect systems from security breaches

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• The range of cyber physical and software systems which present potential security hazards

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Understand and recognise instances of the principal attacks on such systems

• Types of attack and attacker, range of systems


- Side channel attacks: power analysis and resistant designs


• Wireless ID: ISO14443, Mifare, E-Passports and related near-field communications systems

• Card security, EMV payment systems, GSM and SIM cards

• Physical security: chip and pin machines
• Wired and WiFi network security


- Examples of weak cryptosystems: GSM, WEP


• Infrastructure attacks: smart grids
• Trusted Computing and secure modules
• Hardware Trojans and Trustworthy IC design

Lectures are used to deliver the core knowledge. Hands-on laboratory sessions are used to explore the practical aspects of security of cyber physical devices. Further reading and code practice outside the lectures and laboratories will be essential.

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat

An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.