Security-enhancing digital twins: characteristics, indicators, and future perspectives

Matthias Eckhart; Andreas Ekelhart; David Allison; Magnus Almgren; Katharina Ceesay-Seitz; Helge Janicke; Simin Nadjm-Tehrani; Awais Rashid; Mark Yampolskiy

doi:10.1109/MSEC.2023.3271225

Security-enhancing digital twins: characteristics, indicators, and future perspectives

Matthias Eckhart
, Andreas Ekelhart
, David Allison
, Magnus Almgren
, Katharina Ceesay-Seitz
, Helge Janicke
, Simin Nadjm-Tehrani
, Awais Rashid
, Mark Yampolskiy

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Abstract

The term digital twin (DT) has become a key theme of the cyber-physical systems (CPSs) area while remaining vaguely defined as a virtual replica of an entity. This article identifies DT characteristics essential for enhancing CPS security and discusses indicators to evaluate them.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	64-75
Number of pages	12
Journal	IEEE Security & Privacy Magazine
Volume	21
Issue number	6
Early online date	01 Jun 2023
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/MSEC.2023.3271225
Publication status	Published - Nov 2023
Externally published	Yes

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digital twins
cyber-physical systems
security

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Digital twins for incident response in critical infrastructure
Allison, D. M. (Author), Sezer, S. (Supervisor), McLaughlin, K. (Supervisor) & Smith, P. (Supervisor), Dec 2025
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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Digital twins for incident response in critical infrastructure

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