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The Perils of Leveraging Evil Digital Twins as Security-Enhancing Enablers

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Sabah Suhail,

Mubashar Iqbal,

Raja JurdakAuthors Info & Claims

Communications of the ACM, Volume 67, Issue 1

Pages 39 - 42

https://doi.org/10.1145/3631539

Published: 21 December 2023 Publication History

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Seeking more secure and effective digital representations.

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Iqbal MSuhail SMatulevicius R(2024)DECEPTWIN: Proactive Security Approach for IoV by Leveraging Deception-based Digital Twins and BlockchainProceedings of the 19th International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security10.1145/3664476.3670473(1-11)Online publication date: 30-Jul-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3664476.3670473
Suhail SIqbal MMcLaughlin K(2024)Digital-Twin-Driven Deception Platform: Vision and Way ForwardIEEE Internet Computing10.1109/MIC.2024.340618828:4(40-47)Online publication date: 7-Jun-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1109/MIC.2024.3406188
Acharya SKhan APäivärinta T(2024)Interoperability levels and challenges of digital twins in cyber–physical systemsJournal of Industrial Information Integration10.1016/j.jii.2024.10071442(100714)Online publication date: Nov-2024
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jii.2024.100714
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The Perils of Leveraging Evil Digital Twins as Security-Enhancing Enablers
1. Software and its engineering
  1. Software creation and management
    1. Designing software

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Communications of the ACM Volume 67, Issue 1

January 2024

122 pages

EISSN:1557-7317

DOI:10.1145/3638509

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Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY

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This work was supported by the North-South Research Programme, which is delivered by the HEA on behalf of DFHERIS and the Shared Island Unit at the Department of the Taoiseach.

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Iqbal MSuhail SMatulevicius R(2024)DECEPTWIN: Proactive Security Approach for IoV by Leveraging Deception-based Digital Twins and BlockchainProceedings of the 19th International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security10.1145/3664476.3670473(1-11)Online publication date: 30-Jul-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3664476.3670473
Suhail SIqbal MMcLaughlin K(2024)Digital-Twin-Driven Deception Platform: Vision and Way ForwardIEEE Internet Computing10.1109/MIC.2024.340618828:4(40-47)Online publication date: 7-Jun-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1109/MIC.2024.3406188
Acharya SKhan APäivärinta T(2024)Interoperability levels and challenges of digital twins in cyber–physical systemsJournal of Industrial Information Integration10.1016/j.jii.2024.10071442(100714)Online publication date: Nov-2024
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jii.2024.100714
Suhail SIqbal MHussain RMalik SJurdak R(2024)TRIPLE: A blockchain-based digital twin framework for cyber–physical systems securityJournal of Industrial Information Integration10.1016/j.jii.2024.10070642(100706)Online publication date: Nov-2024
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Pärn EGhadiminia NGarcía de Soto BOti-Sarpong K(2024)A perfect storm: Digital twins, cybersecurity, and general contracting firmsDevelopments in the Built Environment10.1016/j.dibe.2024.10046618(100466)Online publication date: Apr-2024
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dibe.2024.100466

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