Abstract

Cyber-physical systems (CPS) increasingly face security threats that can disrupt critical infrastructure operations. The SPHERE CPS enclave is a modular, remotely accessible industrial control system (ICS) testbed designed to support security experimentation on programmable logic controllers (PLCs), industrial networks, and digital twin simulations. It enables researchers to investigate cyber-physical attacks, anomaly detection, and intrusion resilience strategies. Unlike general cybersecurity testbeds, SPHERE's CPS enclave provides a configurable, realistic environment for studying adversarial scenarios that bridge cyber and physical domains. The infrastructure offers controlled, reproducible experiments with customizable network topologies and hardware-in-the-loop validation. This poster presents the design philosophy, community-driven experimental goals, and deployment considerations of the SPHERE …

Date

May 6, 2025

Authors

Luis Garcia, Jelena Mirkovic, David Balenson, Erik Kline, Yuri Pradkin, David Choffnes, Daniel Dubois, Terry Benzel, Srivatsan Ravi, Joseph Barnes, Geoff Lawler, Chris Tran, Alba Regalado

Book

Proceedings of the ACM/IEEE 16th International Conference on Cyber-Physical Systems (with CPS-IoT Week 2025)

Pages

1-2