Securing Wireless Communication in Critical Infrastructure: Challenges and Opportunities

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2311.01338v1
• Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2023 15:48:05 GMT
• Title: Securing Wireless Communication in Critical Infrastructure: Challenges and Opportunities
• Abstract summary: Wireless communication in critical infrastructure raises unique security challenges. We identify the most relevant challenges resulting from the use of wireless communication in critical infrastructure. We use those to identify promising opportunities to preserve the high security standards of critical infrastructure.
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• License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
• Abstract: Critical infrastructure constitutes the foundation of every society. While traditionally solely relying on dedicated cable-based communication, this infrastructure rapidly transforms to highly digitized and interconnected systems which increasingly rely on wireless communication. Besides providing tremendous benefits, especially affording the easy, cheap, and flexible interconnection of a large number of assets spread over larger geographic areas, wireless communication in critical infrastructure also raises unique security challenges. Most importantly, the shift from dedicated private wired networks to heterogeneous wireless communication over public and shared networks requires significantly more involved security measures. In this paper, we identify the most relevant challenges resulting from the use of wireless communication in critical infrastructure and use those to identify a comprehensive set of promising opportunities to preserve the high security standards of critical infrastructure even when switching from wired to wireless communication.

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