Informatics and Applications

2026, Volume 20, Issue 3, pp 96-105

ATTACKS ON NETWORK-CENTRIC CONTROL SYSTEMS USING DECEPTION

A. A. Grusho
N. A. Grusho
M. I. Zabezhailo
A. A. Zatsarinny
V. O. Piskovski

Abstract

The application of network-centric technologies in control and decision support systems is determined by the concept of development of monitoring of peripheral nodes of the network-centric system (NCS) as well as the conditions for ensuring information security. The work is devoted to one class of attacks on such systems, which uses hidden distortion of the properties of information necessary for proper monitoring and control. The main goal of the Center in the NCS is described as the main controlling cause, consisting of properties that ultimately generate controlling effects throughout the NCS. A mathematical model of the control actions in the NCS is constructed using directed acyclic graphs. Examples of attacks on the NCS, the possibility of their identification, and countering such attacks are considered. It is demonstrated how the prevention of the development of an attack can be provided by identifying the missing consequences of the correct property as well as the use of deceptive properties.

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