Title
Cyber (In-)security of Industrial Control Systems: A Societal Challenge
Author
Luiijf, H.A.M.
Contributor
Koornneef, F. (editor)
van Gulijk, C. (editor)
Publication year
2015
Abstract
Our society and its citizens increasingly depend on the undisturbed functioning of critical infrastructures (CI), their products and services. Many of the CI services as well as other organizations use Industrial Control Systems (ICS) to monitor and control their mission-critical processes. Therefore, it is crucial that the functioning of ICS is well protected inter alia against cyber threats. The cyber threat areas to ICS comprise the lack of proper governance as well as cyber security aspects related to organizational, system and network management, technology and technical issues. Moreover, newer functionality entering organizations is often controlled by embedded ICS which hide itself from those that are responsible for cyber security. The immature cyber security posture of ICS and their connectivity with public networks pose a major risk to society. This article explores the threats, provide some examples of cyber incidents with ICS, and will discuss the ICS security challenges to our societies.
Subject
Human and Operational Modelling
NO - Networked Organisations
ELSS - Earth, Life and Social Sciences
Cyber Security & Resilience
Safety
Defence, Safety and Security
Critical infrastructure
Cyber security
Cyber resilience
ICS
Industrial Control Systems
Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition
SCADA
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24255-2_2
TNO identifier
528166
Publisher
Springer International Publishers, Zwitserland
Source
Computer Safety, Reliability, and Security : Proceedings 34th International Conference, SAFECOMP 2015 Delft, The Netherlands, September 23–25, 2015., 7-15
Series
Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Document type
bookPart