DTSECOPEN DIGITAL TWIN SECURITY LAB
OPEN RESEARCH PRINCIPLES

Digital Twin Security Research Principles

Ten lab propositions for discussion and practical engineering. They are not universal standards.

  1. 01
    PRINCIPLE 1

    Every twin requires an identity.

    Convert this proposition into explicit architecture decisions, owners, controls, test evidence, monitoring, and recovery criteria appropriate to the system’s consequence.

  2. 02
    PRINCIPLE 2

    Every synchronization path is a trust boundary.

    Convert this proposition into explicit architecture decisions, owners, controls, test evidence, monitoring, and recovery criteria appropriate to the system’s consequence.

  3. 03
    PRINCIPLE 3

    Physical telemetry requires provenance.

    Convert this proposition into explicit architecture decisions, owners, controls, test evidence, monitoring, and recovery criteria appropriate to the system’s consequence.

  4. 04
    PRINCIPLE 4

    Models are security-sensitive assets.

    Convert this proposition into explicit architecture decisions, owners, controls, test evidence, monitoring, and recovery criteria appropriate to the system’s consequence.

  5. 05
    PRINCIPLE 5

    Authorized data can still be stale or incorrect.

    Convert this proposition into explicit architecture decisions, owners, controls, test evidence, monitoring, and recovery criteria appropriate to the system’s consequence.

  6. 06
    PRINCIPLE 6

    Simulation output should not automatically become physical authority.

    Convert this proposition into explicit architecture decisions, owners, controls, test evidence, monitoring, and recovery criteria appropriate to the system’s consequence.

  7. 07
    PRINCIPLE 7

    Physical commands require independent authorization and safety controls.

    Convert this proposition into explicit architecture decisions, owners, controls, test evidence, monitoring, and recovery criteria appropriate to the system’s consequence.

  8. 08
    PRINCIPLE 8

    Federated twins inherit each other’s trust failures.

    Convert this proposition into explicit architecture decisions, owners, controls, test evidence, monitoring, and recovery criteria appropriate to the system’s consequence.

  9. 09
    PRINCIPLE 9

    Security evidence must survive incident reconstruction.

    Convert this proposition into explicit architecture decisions, owners, controls, test evidence, monitoring, and recovery criteria appropriate to the system’s consequence.

  10. 10
    PRINCIPLE 10

    A twin must be decommissioned as deliberately as it is deployed.

    Convert this proposition into explicit architecture decisions, owners, controls, test evidence, monitoring, and recovery criteria appropriate to the system’s consequence.