Recovering from Cyber-Manufacturing Attacks by Reinforcement Learning

Romesh Prasad, Matthew K. Swanson, Young Moon

Research output: Chapter in Book/Entry/PoemConference contribution

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Abstract

A Cyber-Manufacturing systems (CMS) is an integration of informational and operational entities that are synchronized with manufacturing processes to increase productivity. However, this integration enlarges the scope for cyber attackers to intrude manufacturing processes, which are called cyber-manufacturing attacks. They can have significant impacts on physical operations within a CMS, such as shutting down plants, production interruption, premature failure of products, and fatal accidents. Although research activities in this emerging problem have been increased recently, existing research has been limited to detection and prevention solutions. However, these strategies cannot ensure a continuous function of an attacked CMS. To ensure continuous functioning of a CMS, a robust recovery strategy must be developed and employed. Current research in recovery has been limited to feedback controllers with an assumption of a complete knowledge of a system model. To overcome this limitation, a recovery agent augmented by reinforcement learning was developed. This is to utilize the ability of reinforcement learning to handle sequential decisions and to proceed even without a complete knowledge of a system model. A virtual environment for recovery agents has been developed to assist efforts needed to obtain sample data, experiment various scenarios, and explore with reinforcement learning. Two cyber-manufacturing attack scenarios have been developed: (i) spoofing a stepper motor controlling additive manufacturing processes, (ii) disrupting the sequence of the pick and place robot. The recovery agent takes random actions by exploring its environment and receives rewards from the actions. After many iterations, it learns proper actions to take.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationAdvanced Manufacturing
PublisherAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
ISBN (Electronic)9780791886649
DOIs
StatePublished - 2022
EventASME 2022 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE 2022 - Columbus, United States
Duration: Oct 30 2022Nov 3 2022

Publication series

NameASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings (IMECE)
Volume2-B

Conference

ConferenceASME 2022 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE 2022
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityColumbus
Period10/30/2211/3/22

Keywords

  • Cyber-Manufacturing system
  • cybermanufacturing attacks
  • recovery
  • reinforcement learning

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Mechanical Engineering

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