A critical infrastructure simulation and emulation system and method

A simulation and emulation method for critical infrastructure, the critical infrastructure comprising one or more components, the method comprising:

• obtaining a model including:
• (A) a plurality of dynamic digital emulation models, each:
• (i) modeling at least one of the components, being modeled components, (ii) configured to emulate behavior of the respective modeled components, (iii) having one or more parameters defining operation of the respective dynamic digital emulation model, and (iv) associated with one or more respective events, each event configured to cause a change in one or more of the parameters of the respective dynamic digital emulation model, and (B) one or more operational procedures configured to cause reconfiguration of one or more of the dynamic digital emulation models upon one or more of the events taking place;
• executing one or more scenarios simulating real-world scenarios on the model, the scenarios comprised of a sequence of one or more actions, wherein at least one of the actions causes triggering at least one of the events, thereby causing changes to one or more of the parameters of one or more first dynamic digital emulation models of the dynamic digital emulation models, wherein the changes triggers execution of one or more of the operational procedures, thereby causing near real-time reconfiguration of one or more second dynamic digital emulation models of the dynamic digital emulation models, other than the first dynamic digital emulation models;
• analyzing the model to identify implications of the execution of the scenarios;
• and
• performing one or more actions based on results of the analysis.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code, executable by at least one processor to perform a simulation and emulation method for critical infrastructure, the critical infrastructure comprising one or more components, the method comprising:

• obtaining a model including:
• (A) a plurality of dynamic digital emulation models, each:
• (i) modeling at least one of the components, being modeled components, (ii) configured to emulate behavior of the respective modeled components, (iii) having one or more parameters defining operation of the respective dynamic digital emulation model, and (iv) associated with one or more respective events, each event configured to cause a change in one or more of the parameters of the respective dynamic digital emulation model, and (B) one or more operational procedures configured to cause reconfiguration of one or more of the dynamic digital emulation models upon one or more of the events taking place;
• executing one or more scenarios simulating real-world scenarios on the model, the scenarios comprised of a sequence of one or more actions, wherein at least one of the actions causes triggering at least one of the events, thereby causing changes to one or more of the parameters of one or more first dynamic digital emulation models of the dynamic digital emulation models, wherein the changes triggers execution of one or more of the operational procedures, thereby causing near real-time reconfiguration of one or more second dynamic digital emulation models of the dynamic digital emulation models, other than the first dynamic digital emulation models;
• analyzing the model to identify implications of the execution of the scenarios;
• and
• performing one or more actions based on results of the analysis.