Project 4.03: Towards Quantitative Cybersecurity Risk Assessment in Transportation Infrastructure

October 1, 2018

Towards Quantitative Cybersecurity Risk Assessment in Transportation Infrastructure

Project 4.03

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Project Summary

This research project aims to design a systematic and quantitative framework to explore the connectivity and security issues in representative transportation infrastructures, including low-power wireless network infrastructure mainly for long-term structural monitoring, and vehicle-to- everything (V2X) communication infrastructure for vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure message passing.

Principal Investigator

Dr. Song Han

Institution:

University of Connecticut

Project Status

Completed

Project Cost

$252,300

Start Date

10/01/2018

Project Type

Base-funded

End Date

06/30/2022

Agency ID

69A3551847101

Sponsors:

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology, University Transportation Centers Program, Department of Transportation

Implementation of Research Outcomes:

The research outcomes are implemented on a real-time wireless network simulator as well as a multi-hop real-time wireless network testbed for functional validation and performance evaluation. The developed wireless devices are also integrated into a wireless bridge joint monitoring system for long-term bridge structure monitoring.

real-time wireless network simulator as well as a multi-hop real-time wireless network testbed for functional validation and performance evaluation. The developed wireless devices are also integrated into a wireless bridge joint monitoring system for long-term bridge structure monitoring.

Impacts and Benefits of Implementation:

The implementation of the proposed methodologies enables the research team to validate the functions and evaluate their performance on real hardware and in real scenarios. This pave the way for the proposed methods to be deployed in real systems in transportation industries.