BACRank: Ranking building automation and control system components by business continuity impact

Herson Esquivel-Vargas; Marco Caselli; Erik Tews; Doina Bucur; Andreas Peter

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-26601-1_13

BACRank: Ranking building automation and control system components by business continuity impact

Herson Esquivel-Vargas^*, Marco Caselli, Erik Tews, Doina Bucur, Andreas Peter

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Abstract

Organizations increasingly depend on Building Automation and Control Systems (BACSs) to support their daily tasks and to comply with laws and regulations. However, BACSs are prone to disruptions caused by failures or active attacks. Given the role BACSs play in critical locations such as airports and hospitals, a comprehensive impact assessment methodology is required that estimates the effect of unavailable components in the system. In this paper, we present the foundations of the first impact assessment methodology for BACSs focused on business continuity. At the core of our methodology, we introduce a novel graph centrality measure called BACRank. We quantify the contribution of BACS components to different business activities. Moreover, we take functional dependencies among components into account to estimate indirect consequences throughout the infrastructure. We show the practical applicability of our approach on a real BACS deployed at a 5-story building hosting 375 employees on an international university campus. The experimental evaluation confirms that the proposed methodology successfully prioritizes the most relevant components of the system with respect to the business continuity perspective.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Computer Safety, Reliability, and Security
Subtitle of host publication	38th International Conference, SAFECOMP 2019, Proceedings
Editors	Alexander Romanovsky, Elena Troubitsyna, Friedemann Bitsch
Publisher	Springer
Pages	183-199
Number of pages	17
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-030-26601-1
ISBN (Print)	978-3-030-26600-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-26601-1_13
Publication status	Published - 8 Aug 2019
Event	38th International Conference on Computer Safety, Reliability, and Security, SAFECOMP 2019 - Radisson Blu Marina Palace Hotel, Turku, Finland Duration: 10 Sept 2019 → 13 Sept 2019 Conference number: 38 https://conferences.ncl.ac.uk/safecomp2019/

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Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Publisher	Springer
Volume	11698
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

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Conference	38th International Conference on Computer Safety, Reliability, and Security, SAFECOMP 2019
Abbreviated title	SAFECOMP 2019
Country/Territory	Finland
City	Turku
Period	10/09/19 → 13/09/19
Internet address	https://conferences.ncl.ac.uk/safecomp2019/

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Esquivel-Vargas, H., Caselli, M., Tews, E., Bucur, D., & Peter, A. (2019). BACRank: Ranking building automation and control system components by business continuity impact. In A. Romanovsky, E. Troubitsyna, & F. Bitsch (Eds.), Computer Safety, Reliability, and Security: 38th International Conference, SAFECOMP 2019, Proceedings (pp. 183-199). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 11698). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-26601-1_13

Esquivel-Vargas, Herson ; Caselli, Marco ; Tews, Erik et al. / BACRank : Ranking building automation and control system components by business continuity impact. Computer Safety, Reliability, and Security: 38th International Conference, SAFECOMP 2019, Proceedings. editor / Alexander Romanovsky ; Elena Troubitsyna ; Friedemann Bitsch. Springer, 2019. pp. 183-199 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science).

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Esquivel-Vargas, H, Caselli, M, Tews, E , Bucur, D & Peter, A 2019, BACRank: Ranking building automation and control system components by business continuity impact. in A Romanovsky, E Troubitsyna & F Bitsch (eds), Computer Safety, Reliability, and Security: 38th International Conference, SAFECOMP 2019, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 11698, Springer, pp. 183-199, 38th International Conference on Computer Safety, Reliability, and Security, SAFECOMP 2019, Turku, Finland, 10/09/19. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-26601-1_13

BACRank: Ranking building automation and control system components by business continuity impact. / Esquivel-Vargas, Herson; Caselli, Marco; Tews, Erik et al.
Computer Safety, Reliability, and Security: 38th International Conference, SAFECOMP 2019, Proceedings. ed. / Alexander Romanovsky; Elena Troubitsyna; Friedemann Bitsch. Springer, 2019. p. 183-199 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 11698).

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Esquivel-Vargas H, Caselli M, Tews E , Bucur D , Peter A. BACRank: Ranking building automation and control system components by business continuity impact. In Romanovsky A, Troubitsyna E, Bitsch F, editors, Computer Safety, Reliability, and Security: 38th International Conference, SAFECOMP 2019, Proceedings. Springer. 2019. p. 183-199. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science). doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-26601-1_13

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