Research Article
Securing Wireless Communication in Critical Infrastructure: Challenges and Opportunities
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-031-63989-0_17, author={J\o{}rn Bodenhausen and Christian Sorgatz and Thomas Vogt and Kolja Grafflage and Sebastian R\o{}tzel and Michael Rademacher and Martin Henze}, title={Securing Wireless Communication in Critical Infrastructure: Challenges and Opportunities}, proceedings={Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems: Computing, Networking and Services. 20th EAI International Conference, MobiQuitous 2023, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, November 14--17, 2023, Proceedings, Part I}, proceedings_a={MOBIQUITOUS}, year={2024}, month={7}, keywords={Critical Infrastructure Wireless Communication Security}, doi={10.1007/978-3-031-63989-0_17} }- Jörn Bodenhausen
Christian Sorgatz
Thomas Vogt
Kolja Grafflage
Sebastian Rötzel
Michael Rademacher
Martin Henze
Year: 2024
Securing Wireless Communication in Critical Infrastructure: Challenges and Opportunities
MOBIQUITOUS
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-63989-0_17
Abstract
Critical infrastructure constitutes the foundation of every society. While traditionally solely relying on dedicated cable-based communication, this infrastructure rapidly transforms to highly digitized and interconnected systems which increasingly rely on wireless communication. Besides providing tremendous benefits, especially affording the easy, cheap, and flexible interconnection of a large number of assets spread over larger geographic areas, wireless communication in critical infrastructure also raises unique security challenges. Most importantly, the shift from dedicated private wired networks to heterogeneous wireless communication over public and shared networks requires significantly more involved security measures. In this paper, we identify the most relevant challenges resulting from the use of wireless communication in critical infrastructure and use those to identify a comprehensive set of promising opportunities to preserve the high security standards of critical infrastructure even when switching from wired to wireless communication.
