Creating Security Approaches for Advanced Traffic Management Systems (ATMS) against Intersection Signal Attacks (ISA)

Investigator(s):

• Dr. Yunpeng (Jack) Zhang, University of Houston, ORCID # 0000-0001-6208-9571  (PI)

Project Description:

Figure 1. The organizational structure relationship of ATMS against ISAs

This project is an innovative effort to advance the most recent understanding of the security of ATMS. The project is organized along four unique axes, each painstakingly designed to improve comprehension and actual use of security measures inside the ATMS framework:

1. The creation of a thorough framework that intricately describes the range of potential ISA while also offering a compendium of efficient mitigation techniques forms the basis of this undertaking. With the use of this framework, practitioners and other interested parties can gain a systematic understanding of new dangers. This framework gives security professionals the tools they need to proactively handle changing security concerns by encapsulating different attack routes and demonstrating techniques for their mitigation.
2. The creation of a strong historical database that is solely dedicated to recording and archiving incidents connected to Intelligent Systems Attacks (ISA) is a crucial component of the project. This archive of historical events is more than just a list of things that have happened; it also offers a variety of information about how attacks have changed over time, how they've been conducted, and what has happened as a result. Stakeholders can undertake predictive analysis, foresee prospective trends, and develop preventative security measures with the use of this historical view.
3. The creation of a sophisticated Distributed Access Control Model (AC_TraSec) is a pillar of the project's innovation. The integrity and confidentiality of data across multiple types of nodes inside the highly distributed ATMS environment are ensured by this model's thorough design, which is in line with trusted computing principles. The persistent focus on formal compliance verification, a quality that confirms the reliability of access control protocols, is a distinguishing characteristic of AC_TraSec. In order to protect critical ATMS resources, AC_TraSec makes a crucial step by integrating security and compliance.
4. The finished product of the project is a ground-breaking ATMS security framework. This framework includes the cutting-edge Smart Traffic Security System (STS_TraSec). In addition to smoothly adjusting to the wide variety of heterogeneous Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) inside the ATMS domain, STS_TraSec is a robust cyber-physical security system that also orchestrates a cogent and harmonious security posture. The project's innovative approach is demonstrated by STS_TraSec, which bridges the gap between cutting-edge technology and the urgent security requirements of a transportation landscape that is becoming more linked.

In short, this project has the ability to completely redraw the lines around ATMS security. The project sets out to improve the robustness, effectiveness, and safety of transportation infrastructures by providing a thorough framework, a historical database, a complex access control model, and a cutting-edge security system. The initiative is in line with the overarching objectives of secure and sustainable urban mobility by proactively addressing the increasing dangers that surround ATMS and by encouraging a culture of continuous development.