IoT-Enabled Highway Maintenance: Understanding Emerging Cybersecurity Threats

IoT technologies are increasingly being deployed to support the operation and maintenance of complex highway infrastructure assets. However, the use of interconnected cyber-physical systems in such critical infrastructure raises important privacy, security, and safety issues. While these issues are well studied in IoT transportation systems and autonomous vehicles, little research relates to highway maintenance systems. In this article, we introduce the problem domain, evince the lack of prior research, and discuss example threats based on a real-world case study.

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