Cyber-Attack Detection by Using Event-Based Control in Multi-Agent Cyber-Physical Systems

In this paper, we investigate event-based multi-agent cyber-physical systems against an intelligent attacker. While event-based control has been used as a more secure approach against cyber-attacks in the literature, we will first discuss how a well-informed attacker with knowledge of the system dynamics can get around the benefits of event-based control. We will then provide a covert event-based attack against multi-agent cyber-physical system. A cyber-attack detection mechanism is then provided to detect these cyber-attacks by using a self-triggered control approach in the system