Future-Proof Software-Systems

Furrer, Frank J.

doi:10.1007/978-3-658-19938-8_4

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“…At the heart of a cyber-physical system is its architecture [13][14][15][16]: "Fundamental concepts or properties of an entity in its environment (= Context of surrounding things, conditions, or influences upon an entity) and governing principles for the realization and evolution of this entity and its related life cycle processes" [17]. A long-and sometimes painful-history of systems has proven that adequate, sound architecture is indispensable [18]. The architecture provides the foundation for the efficient development and evolution of the cyber-physical system and enables to a large extent also the quality properties!…”

Section: Architecturementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Fourth, the high rate of change often entices the developers to "cut corners," that is, reduce or skip necessary quality assurance measures, such as modeling, reviews, verification, validation, and thorough testing. The result is an accumulation of technical debt [18,26] and architecture erosion [18,27]. This slow, hardly noticeable effect is called drift into failure [28] and constitutes a grave risk for evolving cyber-physical systems.…”

Section: Drift Into Failurementioning

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Safe and secure system architectures for cyber-physical systems

Furrer

2023

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Cyber-physical systems are at the core of our current civilization. Countless examples dominate our daily life and work, such as driverless cars that will soon master our roads, implanted medical devices that will improve many lives, and industrial control systems that control production and infrastructure. Because cyber-physical systems manipulate the real world, they constitute a danger for many applications. Therefore, their safety and security are essential properties of these indispensable systems. The long history of systems engineering has demonstrated that the system quality properties—such as safety and security—strongly depend on the underlying system architecture. Satisfactory system quality properties can only be ensured if the fundamental system architecture is sound! The development of dependable cyber-physical architectures in recent years suggests that two harmonical architectures are required: a design-time architecture and a run-time architecture. The design-time architecture defines and specifies all parts and relationships, assuring the required system quality properties. However, in today’s complex systems, ensuring all quality properties in all operating conditions during design time will never be possible. Therefore, an additional line of defense against safety accidents and security incidents is indispensable: This must be provided by the run-time architecture. The run-time architecture primarily consists of a protective shell that monitors the run-time system during operation. It detects anomalies in system behavior, interface functioning, or data—often using artificial intelligence algorithms—and takes autonomous mitigation measures, thus attempting to prevent imminent safety accidents or security incidents before they occur. This paper’s core is the protective shell as a run-time protection mechanism for cyber-physical systems. The paper has the form of an introductory tutorial and includes focused references.

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Section: Architecturementioning

confidence: 99%