Control Systems Security

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Author(s): Jake Brodsky (Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission, USA)and Robert Radvanovsky (Infracritical, Inc., USA)
Copyright: 2011
Pages: 18
Source title: Corporate Hacking and Technology-Driven Crime: Social Dynamics and Implications
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Thomas J. Holt (Michigan State University, USA)and Bernadette H. Schell (President's Advisor on Cybercrime, University of Ontario, Canada; Vice-Provost at Laurentian University, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61692-805-6.ch010

Keywords: Digital Crime & Forensics / Information Science Reference / IT Security and Ethics / Security & Forensics

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With recent news media discussions highlighting the safety and integrity of the U.S. national power grid, questions have been raised by both political and executive-level management, specifically, as to the risks associated with our critical infrastructures. More specifically, the issue of concern is dealing with and addressing cyber vulnerability issues, threats and risks associated with an extremely complex and inter-twining series of dependencies arising from legacy industries established almost 100 years ago. Equally as important are the growing threats and risks to these environments resulting from their exposure to outside networks (such as the Internet), exposing critically vital and important cyber systems to just about everyone and anyone globally. This chapter highlights the importance of preventing hack attacks against SCADA systems, or Industrial Control Systems (abbreviated as ICS), as a means of protecting our critical infrastructures.

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