Cyber-Physical Systems for Enhancement in Security While Using Cyber

Advancements in affordable computing and communication technologies have led to the widespread proliferation of interconnected devices, giving rise to a new era characterized by devices that sense, compute, and share information, forming loosely connected Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS). Managing data and making intelligent decisions are the primary areas of research within CPS. Traditionally, cloud-based centralized computation has been the dominant architecture due to its ease of implementation and enhanced control. However, the explosion of data, scalability challenges, and privacy concerns are increasingly highlighting the limitations of such centralized systems. Therefore, there is a growing interest in decentralizing control and distributing computing tasks among the devices as a more promising approach for sharing intelligence. Investigating novel decentralization mechanisms is a central focus of this chapter.