About the project

This project — Web-Based Tools for Conceptualizing a Model of Cyber Security Impact Analysis — was developed as part of the Mitacs Global Research Internship in collaboration with Professor Jason Jaskolka, Alvi Jawad, and Vadym Spirin.

Goal

Industrial Control Systems (ICS) monitor and control physical processes such as manufacturing or wastewater treatment. Cyberattacks on these systems often start in the digital layer but can propagate to the physical domain, causing disruption, delay, or shutdowns. Traditional IT-focused security models are not sufficient for ICS, which require their own specialized frameworks. The goal of this project is to create a web-based tool that visualizes a knowledge graph of ICS security concepts - mapping attacks, impacted components, potential consequences, analysis processes, and applicable tools.

What We Built

A structured knowledge graph of ICS attacks and impacts, grounded in existing research.
A web interface that lets users explore attacks, affected components, and possible impacts.
A web scraper to automatically collect research articles and keep the knowledge base up to date.

Significance

This tool provides researchers and analysts with a high-level, interactive way to understand the relationships between attacks and impacts in ICS, helping to guide effective impact analysis and inform better security strategies.