Detecting Cyber-Attacks Against Cyber-Physical Manufacturing System: A Machining Process Invariant Approach

The era of the Industrial Internet of Things has led to an escalating menace of cyber-physical manufacturing systems (CPMSs) to cyber-attacks. Presently, the field of intrusion detection for CPMS has significant advancements. However, current methodologies require significant costs for collecting historical data to train detection models, which are tailored to specific machining scenarios. Evolving machining scenarios in the real world challenge the adaptability of these methods. In this article, We found that the machining code of the CPMS contains a complete machining process, which is an excellent detection basis. Therefore, we propose MPI-CNC, an intrusion detection approach based on Machining Process Invariant in the machining code. Specifically, MPI-CNC automates the analysis of the machining codes to extract machining process rules and key parameter rules, which serve as essential detection rules. Then, MPI-CNC actively acquires runtime status from the CPMS and matches the detection rules to identify cyber-attacks behavior. MPI-CNC was evaluated using two FANUC computer numerical control (CNC) machine tools across ten real machining scenarios. The experiment demonstrated the exceptional adaptability capability of MPI-CNC. Furthermore, MPI-CNC showed superior accuracy in detecting cyber-attacks against CPMS compared to existing state-of-the-art detection methods while ensuring normal machining operations.