Cyber-Physical Risk Modeling: Connecting Process Hazards to Security Controls

Cyber-Physical Risk Modeling: Connecting Process Hazards to Security Controls explores the intricate convergence of safety engineering and cybersecurity within industrial and critical infrastructure environments. The book bridges the analytical methods of process hazard analysis with modern cyber risk assessment, presenting a unified framework for identifying, modeling, and mitigating threats that span both digital and physical domains. Through an examination of control architectures, human factors, adversary capabilities, ... Read More

Cyber-Physical Risk Modeling: Connecting Process Hazards to Security Controls explores the intricate convergence of safety engineering and cybersecurity within industrial and critical infrastructure environments. The book bridges the analytical methods of process hazard analysis with modern cyber risk assessment, presenting a unified framework for identifying, modeling, and mitigating threats that span both digital and physical domains. Through an examination of control architectures, human factors, adversary capabilities, and system interdependencies, it demonstrates how technical models, resilience metrics, and governance structures can work together to manage uncertainty in connected systems. Designed for engineers, analysts, and decision-makers, it provides the conceptual and practical tools needed to understand how information integrity, automation, and human oversight interact to shape the real-world consequences of cyber-physical risk. Read Less