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A Risk Assessment Model for Cyber-Physical Water and Wastewater Systems: Towards Sustainable Development

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  • Mohamed Abdel-Basset

    (Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Computers and Informatics, Zagazig University, Zagazig 44519, Egypt)

  • Abduallah Gamal

    (Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Computers and Informatics, Zagazig University, Zagazig 44519, Egypt)

  • Nour Moustafa

    (School of Engineering and Information Technology, University of New South Wales at ADFA, Canberra, ACT 2612, Australia)

  • S. S. Askar

    (Department of Statistics and Operations Research, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia)

  • Mohamed Abouhawwash

    (Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Mansoura University, Mansoura 35516, Egypt
    Department of Computational Mathematics, Science, and Engineering (CMSE), College of Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA)

Abstract

Cyber-physical systems (CPS) and their Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) have attracted great interest for automatic management of industrial infrastructures, such as water and wastewater systems. A range of technologies can be employed for wastewater treatment CPS to manage risks and protect the infrastructures of water systems and their wastewater against cyberattacks. In this paper, we develop a novel risk assessment framework, named RAF-CPWS, which perfectly estimates the risks of water and wastewater technologies. To do this, a multi-criteria group decision-making (MCGDM) approach is designed by neutrosophic theory to assess the risks of wastewater treatment technologies (WWTTs). The proposed approach evaluates the best WWTTs, considering various economic, environmental, technological and cybersecurity, and social factors. A decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory (DEMATEL) is employed to evaluate the significance of the adopted factors in a real testbed setting. The proposed approach contributes to a comprehensive measure of WWTTs through several factors, revealing its high sustainability and security in assessing the risks of cyber-physical water and wastewater systems.

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  • Mohamed Abdel-Basset & Abduallah Gamal & Nour Moustafa & S. S. Askar & Mohamed Abouhawwash, 2022. "A Risk Assessment Model for Cyber-Physical Water and Wastewater Systems: Towards Sustainable Development," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(8), pages 1-34, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:14:y:2022:i:8:p:4480-:d:790167
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    1. Chao Tian & Juan Juan Peng & Zhi Qiang Zhang & Mark Goh & Jian Qiang Wang, 2020. "A Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Method Based on Single-Valued Neutrosophic Partitioned Heronian Mean Operator," Mathematics, MDPI, vol. 8(7), pages 1-25, July.
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