Stealthy Attacks in Dynamical Systems: Tradeoffs between Utility and Detectability with Application in Anonymous Systems

IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 779-792

  Pradhan, Parth ^a   Venkitasubramaniam, Parv ^a  

^a Lehigh University   (United States)

Author keywords

admissible length; anonymity; K L divergence; privacy; Undetectable attacks

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLERS; COSTS; DATA PRIVACY; DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORKS; EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; NETWORK SECURITY;

ADMISSIBLE LENGTH; ADVANCED MANUFACTURING; ANONYMITY; CYBER INFRASTRUCTURES; POSTERIOR DISTRIBUTIONS; SECURITY VULNERABILITIES; TRANSPORTATION NETWORK; UNDETECTABLE ATTACKS;

SMART POWER GRIDS;

EID: 85027052965     PISSN: 15566013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIFS.2016.2607695     Document Type: Article

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