A Systematic Mapping Study on Security in Configurable Safety-Critical Systems Based on Product-Line Concepts

Richard May, Jyoti Gautam, Chetan Sharma, Christian Biermann, Thomas Leich

2023

Abstract

Safety-critical systems are becoming increasingly configurable. However, as the number of features and configurations grows, the systems’ complexity also increases, making cyber attacks more likely. Nevertheless, we miss an overview of security in configurable safety-critical systems which are based on product-line engineering. Thus, we conducted a systematic mapping study in which we analyzed 44 papers (2008–2022) to discuss relevant properties and to identify 8 research opportunities. Our key finding is that security in the context of variability and safety-critical systems needs more consideration and research. We emphasize that safety-critical systems, especially those with networking capabilities, cannot be safe if they do not provide techniques to ensure security and do not consider the systems’ configurability. Our study is aimed to guide both researchers and practitioners in understanding the importance of security for configurable safety-critical systems, relevant properties, and open issues.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

May R., Gautam J., Sharma C., Biermann C. and Leich T. (2023). A Systematic Mapping Study on Security in Configurable Safety-Critical Systems Based on Product-Line Concepts. In Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Software Technologies - Volume 1: ICSOFT; ISBN 978-989-758-665-1, SciTePress, pages 217-224. DOI: 10.5220/0012006700003538

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icsoft23,
author={Richard May and Jyoti Gautam and Chetan Sharma and Christian Biermann and Thomas Leich},
title={A Systematic Mapping Study on Security in Configurable Safety-Critical Systems Based on Product-Line Concepts},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Software Technologies - Volume 1: ICSOFT},
year={2023},
pages={217-224},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0012006700003538},
isbn={978-989-758-665-1},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Software Technologies - Volume 1: ICSOFT
TI - A Systematic Mapping Study on Security in Configurable Safety-Critical Systems Based on Product-Line Concepts
SN - 978-989-758-665-1
AU - May R.
AU - Gautam J.
AU - Sharma C.
AU - Biermann C.
AU - Leich T.
PY - 2023
SP - 217
EP - 224
DO - 10.5220/0012006700003538
PB - SciTePress