Vulnerabilities, attacks, and countermeasures in Balise-based train control systems

• Main Authors: WU, Yongdong, WENG, Jian, TANG, Zhe, LI, Xin, DENG, Robert H.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2017
• Subjects: Balise; Cyber-physical system security; ETCS; Derailments; Transportation; Air-gaps; Catastrophic consequences; European Train Control Systems; Rail transport systems; Standard balise; Train control systems; Train derailment; Transport infrastructure; Control systems; Information Security
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/3817; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/4819/viewcontent/07534834__1_.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

In modern rail transport systems, balises are widely used to exchange track-train information via air-gap interface. In this paper, we first present the vulnerabilities on the standard balise air-gap interface, and then conduct vulnerability simulations using the system parameters that were specifie...