Security Engineering in Cyber-Physical Systems: A Systematic Review of Methodological Approaches

Elias Seid, Oliver Popov, Fredrik Blix

2025

Abstract

Ensuring strong security in Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) is increasingly essential as these systems become integral to contemporary industrial and societal infrastructures. The increasing prevalence of security risks requires the advancement of conventional security engineering approaches to tackle the distinct problems presented by CPS. This study offers a thorough assessment of the research methodologies, approaches, and strategies used in security engineering for cyber-physical systems over the last fifteen years. The review analyses the design and execution of security solutions, including empirical and conceptual investigations, along with the integration and enhancement of existing methodologies. This study seeks to offer a systematic overview of contemporary developments and pinpoint methodological concerns essential for future research in adaptive and security engineering -driven for CPS through an analysis of diverse literature. This study enhances the current discussion by providing a thorough analysis of the research environment, demonstrating the requirement for new and contextually relevant security engineering methodologies.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Seid E., Popov O. and Blix F. (2025). Security Engineering in Cyber-Physical Systems: A Systematic Review of Methodological Approaches. In Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Evaluation of Novel Approaches to Software Engineering - Volume 1: ENASE; ISBN 978-989-758-742-9, SciTePress, pages 822-834. DOI: 10.5220/0013478100003928

in Bibtex Style

@conference{enase25,
author={Elias Seid and Oliver Popov and Fredrik Blix},
title={Security Engineering in Cyber-Physical Systems: A Systematic Review of Methodological Approaches},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Evaluation of Novel Approaches to Software Engineering - Volume 1: ENASE},
year={2025},
pages={822-834},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0013478100003928},
isbn={978-989-758-742-9},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Evaluation of Novel Approaches to Software Engineering - Volume 1: ENASE
TI - Security Engineering in Cyber-Physical Systems: A Systematic Review of Methodological Approaches
SN - 978-989-758-742-9
AU - Seid E.
AU - Popov O.
AU - Blix F.
PY - 2025
SP - 822
EP - 834
DO - 10.5220/0013478100003928
PB - SciTePress