Universal Cybersecurity Training Platform for Control Systems
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing cybersecurity training methods are inadequate for control systems, as they either fail to accurately represent the characteristics of physical devices in virtual environments or are limited to specific fields when using actual devices, and require individual models for each field, making it difficult to provide universal training across various control system fields.
Innovation Solution
A real-time cybersecurity training apparatus that includes a trainee interface, a virtual environment provision unit, and a target facility representation unit, which uses common control system components like Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs) and actuators to create a universal training environment that can simulate various control systems, including energy, traffic, and water resource fields, allowing for immersive and versatile training.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If a virtual environment is provided for cybersecurity training, then the configuration of the training environment becomes easy, but it becomes difficult to correctly represent the characteristics of control devices
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates virtual copies of control devices that replicate their external characteristics and behaviors without requiring physical devices. These virtual copies accurately represent the target control devices' interfaces, response patterns, and operational characteristics, enabling realistic training scenarios while maintaining the ease of virtual environment configuration.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent develops a universal training platform that can simulate multiple types of control devices across different fields (power plants, water treatment facilities, traffic control systems, etc.). This single platform serves multiple training purposes by configuring different virtual scenarios, eliminating the need to build separate training environments for each control device type.
2Measurement precision
If actual devices are provided for training, then training related to the characteristics of control devices is enabled, but training is limited to a specific field or specific device
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a universal training platform that can simulate multiple types of control devices across different fields (power plants, water treatment facilities, traffic control systems, etc.). This single platform serves multiple training purposes by configuring different virtual scenarios, eliminating the need to build separate training environments for each control device type.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates virtual copies of control devices that replicate their external characteristics and behaviors. These virtual representations maintain the realistic interaction patterns of actual devices while allowing unlimited configuration of different device types and scenarios.
3Ease of manufacture
If a virtual environment and models are provided, then the configuration of a training environment is facilitated and training related to control device characteristics is enabled, but models must be produced individually for respective fields
Solution Approach 1:
The patent develops a universal training platform with a standardized architecture that can simulate multiple types of control devices across different fields. The platform uses configurable virtual models that can be adapted to various control systems without requiring individual model production for each field, reducing complexity while maintaining versatility.
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AI summary
An apparatus and a method for providing real-time cybersecurity training. The apparatus for providing real-time cybersecurity training includes a trainee interface unit for communicating with an access device of a trainee who participates in real-time cybersecurity training for a control system, a virtual environment provision unit for providing a virtual environment that includes at least one of a virtual network environment and a virtual system environment corresponding to the real-time cybersecurity training, and a target facility representation unit for displaying the state of a target facility, which is a physical facility that needs to be protected, and the state of a control device of the control system depending on the real-time cybersecurity training.