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Digital twins, cyber-physical systems, terminology, architectures, and security principles.
Open resourceOPEN DIGITAL TWIN SECURITY LAB
Securing the systems that mirror the physical world.
Digital twins connect models, telemetry, software, machines, people, and physical processes. Open Digital Twin Security Lab studies the security boundaries created when the digital and physical worlds continuously exchange state.
Independent research. Open defensive resources. No registration required.
SYSTEM MODEL
What is being secured?
The twin is not an isolated object. It is a chain of representations, transformations, assumptions, and authority.
Every arrow is a trust boundary.
Study the security architecturePhysical
Sensors
Edge
Networks
Data
Twin
Models
Decision
Control
Physical
PUBLIC RESEARCH LIBRARY
Four ways into the field
Start with concepts, investigate failure modes, apply controls, or examine what remains unresolved.
Threats
Attack surfaces, failure modes, model attacks, synchronization attacks, and consequences.
Open resourceDefend
Controls, assessment, architecture patterns, checklists, and threat-modeling resources.
Open resourceResearch
Literature, standards analysis, experimental concepts, and unanswered questions.
Open resourceSIGNATURE RESOURCE
DTSEC Threat Matrix
An open research taxonomy for examining failure across sixteen layers—from physical sensing and acquisition through models, synchronization, control, federation, supply chain, people, and lifecycle.
Maintained by DigitalTwinSecurity.com. It is not an industry standard or certification.
Open the matrix01Physical02Acquisition03Edge04Transport05Identity06Data07Model08Simulation
FIELD TOOLS
Built to be used
No account, email gate, analytics, or server-side answer storage.
DTSEC-25 Assessment
Evaluate maturity locally in your browser and print the result. Educational, not certification.
Open resourceSecurity Checklist
A practical review list from inventory and sensing through recovery and decommissioning.
Open resourceStandards Library
Connect twin-specific concerns to NIST, IEC 62443, OT security, AI risk, and systems engineering.
Open resourceRESEARCH PRINCIPLESThe physical system has a security boundary.
The physical system has a security boundary.
Its digital twin should too.
- Every twin requires an identity.
- Every synchronization path is a trust boundary.
- Physical telemetry requires provenance.
- Models are security-sensitive assets.
- Authorized data can still be stale or incorrect.