A Deep-Defense Approach for Next -Gen Cyber - Resilient Inter-Dependent Critical Infrastructure Systems

Recent adversarial incidents highlight the inherent vulnerabilities in multiple targeted critical infrastructures cyber-physical systems. Next-Gen critical infrastructures will continue evolving to be more distributed, inter-connected, and interdependent. Significant negative consequences could be inflected by threat actors exploiting those characteristics, requiring a more comprehensive and systematic approach. This work proposes a data-based hierarchical framework to identify, detect, and mitigate cyber and/or physical attacks through enriched dynamic situational awareness encompassing individual and interdependent critical infrastructures.