Impact Analysis of Cyber-Physical Attacks on Industrial Motion Control Systems
Year: 2026
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: The increasing network integration of industrial automation systems expands the cybersecurity exposure of industrial control environments. In cyber-physical systems, digital control infrastructures are directly connected to physical processes such as motion control and automated manufacturing. Consequently, cyber attacks targeting industrial control systems may influence the behavior of physical processes. Various cyber-physical attacks have been identified in industrial environments, including false data injection, command injection, replay attacks, communication delay attacks, and denial-of-service attacks. These attacks may affect control loops and the dynamic behavior of the system. This study investigates the impact of different cyber-physical attack scenarios on industrial motion control systems. A simplified servo-driven motion control model is implemented in the MATLAB environment, where several attacks scenarios are simulated. The analysis focuses on the influence of these attacks on system dynamics, particularly on position tracking error and stability.
Authors: Tamás Tornai, Igor Fürstner, László Gogolák
Institutions: Obuda University, University of Szeged
Language: English
Subfield: Control and Systems Engineering
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W7204209188