Cyber-Physical Security Research Efforts in Manufacturing – A Literature Review

With the latest developments in networking and internet technology, cyber-physical attacks are becoming more frequent across a wide range of industries, including manufacturing. Cyber-physical attacks, as the name implies, affect the physical components of the system and go beyond just intellectual property theft. Attacks of this nature in manufacturing could include destroying equipment, altering product designs, or modifying manufacturing processes. Due to the costly consequences of successful cyber-physical attacks in manufacturing going undetected, a literature review of the cyber-physical security efforts in manufacturing is presented in this work. Such a literature review allows determining the current state of the research efforts in this field and highlighting future research areas that need more focus.