The Threat Of The Industrial Control System

Despite the presence of network security devices such as firewalls and other security appliances, today's corporate networks are still vulnerable to both internal and external attacks by hackers intent on creating havoc. By proactively

This report is prepared to assist the aircraft solutions (AS), a well-known company for equipment and component fabrication in Southern California, in identifying the most important security vulnerabilities. This report also discusses possible threats, the likelihood of the threats occurring

This project is to help the Aircraft Solutions (AS), Aircraft Solution Company for equipment and component fabrication in Southern California, in identifying the most important security vulnerabilities. This project also describes about the possible threat for the company security, Hardware and Software systems.

challenge is to improve the access controls to the SCADA networks. A solution will make it harder for an attacker to

Lab #1 – Part A – List of Risks, Threats, and Vulnerabilities Commonly Found in an IT Infrastructure

Sophisticated hackers have expanded their threat matrix to include cyber-attacks on the computer systems used to operate the world’s pipelines. Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (“SCADA”) systems are increasingly subject to targeted attacks. Cyber-attacks can be perpetrated over the Internet from anywhere in the world and are capable of disrupting safe pipeline operation causing spills, explosions, or fires. The 2008 explosion on the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline in Turkey was reportedly caused by a cyber-attack.

Security monitoring is an important factor in keeping any organization network safe as various attacks are on a rise. A company constantly must practice monitory techniques to keep their data safe. " The first step is to scan the internal and external environment and identify information technology risks before they become a problem. The key is to be proactive rather than reactive" (Marilyn Greenstein). Different organization consist of many applications that require a certain level of security measures and risk assessment. To determine the associated risks within an organization each application

Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition System Network systems (SCADA), Distributed Control System (DCS) and Industrial Control Systems (ICS) are examples of controlling their Critical Infrastructure. Because once the hackers are able to gain access to the SCADA Network system and sabotage the system, then the Critical Infrastructure would lead to cyberwar and chaos.

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This paper addresses the human aspects responsible for SCADA System vulnerabilities and provides a holistic solution to ensure a solid defense. Then we will explore Zero day exploits and how they are employed as both military and economic tools. Next the topic of bringing your own device

Physical threats to IT equipment include belongings such as: control or cooling malfunctions, human mistake or hatred, fire, leakages, and air quality. Some of these including threats connected to power, some connected to refrigeration and fire are regularly checked by built-in capabilities of power, refrigeration, and fire conquest devices.

In the Workstation Domain security controls are one of the biggest challenges. Physical security threats are concerns associated more with attackers who gain physical access to the premises. The attackers can cause physical destruction of equipment or sabotage the equipment. The attacker can sabotage the system if the attacker has sufficient knowledge of the system, such as a former employee, and gains access to the system and then renders the system unusable, or deletes and changes information.

Information security professional’s job is to deploy the right safeguards, evaluating risks against critical assets and to mitigate those threats and vulnerabilities. Management can ensure their company’s assets, such as data, remain intact by finding the latest technology and implementing the right policies. Risk management focuses on analyzing risk and mitigating actions to reduce that risk. Successful implementation of security safeguards depends on the knowledge and experience of information security staff. This paper addresses the methods and fundamentals on how to systematically conduct risk assessments on the security risks of information systems.

2.3.1 Introduction. In this career episode, I describe an industrial engineering task which I undertook as part of my educational program in Ph.D. degree in School of Engineering-University of South Australia, Australia (2012-2016). In this task, I proposed systems thinking conceptual framework for studying and observing an industrial system phenomena. I implemented this framework to a real industrial system in a case study and recommended the operational system improvements for optimising the system performance.

An industrial control system (ICS) includes the devices and systems that are used to manage industrial production and operation. ICSs include systems that monitor different types of utilities, such as gas, electrical, water, and sewage (Chapple & Seidl, 2015, p. 243). The ICSs are an attractive target for an APT because damaging or destroying an ICS can have a crippling effect on a wide region. To counteract the malicious goal of the enemy and protect its resources and weapons, the military often utilizes a Kill Chain, sometimes referred to as a kinetic Kill Chain. The concept of a Kill Chain is best described as a series of steps that involves finding a target, tracking it, and eventually attacking it with the intent to either damage or