"Securing Edge-Enabled Cyber-Physical Systems"

Through edge computing, computation and data storage are brought closer together, reducing the amount of data sent to and from the cloud. Although edge computing reduces some security risks by keeping data near its source, it also adds new security threats. Assistant professor of computer science and engineering in the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis, Ning Zhang, won a three-year award from Intel to support work in ensuring the availability of the Intel Trusted Edge Platform (TEP). Zhang contributes his knowledge in system security and national defense to the development of novel theories and technologies for protecting the TEP ecosystem, including servers, networks, software, and algorithms. Zhang's focus is on edge-enabled Cyber-Physical Systems (CPSs), such as self-driving cars, implantable medical devices, and robots, which are especially vulnerable to security threats because of their continuous interaction with the physical world. Zhang and his team are working on designing customized defenses to guarantee real-time system availability, even when the system is under attack, ensuring the security of these systems. This article continues to discuss the project aimed at improving the security of edge-enabled CPSs.

Washington University in St. Louis reports "Securing Edge-Enabled Cyber-Physical Systems"