Leveraging Digital Twin-as-a-Service Towards Continuous and Automated Cybersecurity Certification

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2509.07649v1
• Date: Tue, 09 Sep 2025 12:15:46 GMT
• Title: Leveraging Digital Twin-as-a-Service Towards Continuous and Automated Cybersecurity Certification
• Authors: Ioannis Koufos, Abdul Rehman Qureshi, Adrian Asensio, Allen Abishek, Efstathios Zaragkas, Ricard Vilalta, Maria Souvalioti, George Xilouris, Michael-Alexandros Kourtis,
• Abstract summary: This work presents Security Digital Twinas-a-Service (SDT) for automated, non-intrusive security compliance.<n>SDT enables real-time security assessments by mirroring real-world assets, collecting compliance artifacts, and creating machine-readable evidence.
• Score: 0.7477522997354328
• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: Traditional risk assessments rely on manual audits and system scans, often causing operational disruptions and leaving security gaps. To address these challenges, this work presents Security Digital Twin-as-a-Service (SDT-aaS), a novel approach that leverages Digital Twin (DT) technology for automated, non-intrusive security compliance. SDT-aaS enables real-time security assessments by mirroring real-world assets, collecting compliance artifacts, and creating machine-readable evidence. The proposed work is a scalable and interoperable solution that supports open standards like CycloneDX and Web of Things (WoT), facilitating seamless integration and efficient compliance management. Empirical results from a moderate-scale infrastructure use case demonstrate its feasibility and performance, paving the way for efficient, on-demand cybersecurity governance with minimal operational impact.

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