SafecareOnto: A Cyber-Physical Security Ontology for Healthcare Systems

Vital to society, healthcare infrastructures are frequently subject to many threats that exploit their vulnerabilities. Many cyber and physical attacks are triggered, leading to many high-impact incidents. There is a growing need for innovative solutions that combine cyber and physical security features. To improve the response to incidents caused by attacks combining cyber and physical threats, we have produced within the H2020 project “Safecare”, an ontology-based solution. The Safecare ontology is designed to support an impact propagation model application, integrating cyber-physical interactions. In this paper, we present the different steps carried out to develop this ontology and two use cases on asset management and incident propagation.