Engineers devise a way to prevent manufacturing shutdowns during cyberattacks

A professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering and a team of Rutgers students are proposing a means to defend manufacturers from cyberattacks—and ensure the uninterrupted production of mission-critical national security and infrastructure parts. Rajiv Malhotra, an associate professor in the Rutgers School of Engineering Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, proposes using a digital twin framework to improve manufacturing resilience from cyberattacks.