Blog Posts Tagged with "SCADA"
Bridging the Cybersecurity Divide, Why Security Innovation Must Lead the Way
May 16, 2013 Added by:Francis Cianfrocca
Despite years of engineering, programming, reverse engineering, product development and a generous amount of FUD-driven marketing, the information security industry (loosely defined as representing the forces of good) lags far behind the innovation and sophistication of modern malware perpetrated by the forces of evil.
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The Evolution of Industrial Control System Information Sharing
May 16, 2013 Added by:Anthony M. Freed
The Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team, or ICS-CERT, recently issued an advisory warning of an elevated risk of cyber-based attacks against companies that are tasked with administering systems that control elements of our nation’s critical infrastructure.
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SCADA and ICS Cyber Security - Facing the Facts
May 05, 2013 Added by:Eric Byres
In the past, the main reason for securing a SCADA/ICS network was to protect against inadvertent network incidents or attacks from insiders. The risk of an external malicious cyber-attack was considered minimal.
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Securing SCADA Systems - Why Choose Compensating Controls?
April 12, 2013 Added by:Eric Byres
This week, Eric looks at the pros and cons of using compensating controls as an alternative to patching, and discuss the requirements for success.
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Applied Cyber Security and the Smart Grid: Implementing Security Controls into the Modern Power Infrastructure
April 09, 2013 Added by:Ben Rothke
In Applied Cyber Security and the Smart Grid: Implementing Security Controls into the Modern Power Infrastructure, authors Eric Knapp and Raj Samani provide and excellent overview on what the smart grid is and how it can be secured.
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Making Patching Work for SCADA and Industrial Control System Security
April 05, 2013 Added by:Eric Byres
Applying patches is a critical part of good security. According to US-CERT, about 95% of all network intrusions could have been avoided by keeping systems up to date with appropriate patches. What I am against is patching as a knee-jerk reaction to security vulnerabilities. You can’t expect your control system to operate reliably if you don’t have a controlled process for patching.
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ICS-CERT Alerts of Mitsubishi MX SCADA Vulnerability
April 03, 2013 Added by:Steve Ragan
ICS-CERT has issued a warning this week after vulnerability details concerning Mitsubishi’s MX Component started to gain attention online.
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The Threat to Industrial Control Systems from Physical Persistent Design Features (PPDF)
April 01, 2013 Added by:Joe Weiss
Industrial control systems (ICSs) were designed for reliability and safety and to enable system operability and functionality. Many ICSs were originally designed before networking was commonplace. Consequently, cyber security was not a design consideration.
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SCADA and ICS Security Patching: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
March 26, 2013 Added by:Eric Byres
Let's examine the good, the bad and the ugly details of patching as a means to secure SCADA and ICS systems. And to begin, let’s suppose patches could be installed without shutting down the process...
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SCADA and ICS Security: Welcome to the Patching Treadmill
March 15, 2013 Added by:Eric Byres
After Stuxnet, security researchers and hackers on the prowl for new targets to exploit shifted their efforts to critical industrial infrastructure. Unfortunately, the SCADA and Industrial Control Systems applications they are now focusing on are sitting ducks.
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SANS SCADA and Process Control Security Survey - The State of the Industry is Discouraging
March 04, 2013 Added by:Joe Weiss
SANS has published their SANS SCADA and Process Control Security Survey. The results paint a very confusing picture and actually demonstrate the existing approaches to awareness and security are not working.
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Symantec Uncovers Earliest Known Version of Stuxnet (Version 0.5)
February 26, 2013 Added by:Mike Lennon
According to Symantec, Stuxnet Version 0.5, an earlier and less sophisticated version of Stuxnet, was designed to close crucial valves that feed uranium hexafluoride gas into the centrifuges, causing serious damage to the centrifuges and the uranium enrichment system as a whole.
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iPhones Are Coming to the Plant Floor – Can we Secure Them?
February 20, 2013 Added by:Eric Byres
Like icebergs, mobile technology has become an unstoppable force of nature. They have invaded the corporate office – is the plant floor the next frontier? What is your company doing about mobile devices on the plant floor? Does it have a strategy?
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Time to Speak Up on New IF-MAP Specs for ICS and SCADA Security
February 12, 2013 Added by:Eric Byres
Something I believe industry urgently needs is better standards for information exchange between security solutions. Unfortunately while TCG has had feedback from the IT community, they have received little from the SCADA or ICS community. I encourage everyone involved with SCADA and ICS security to review the specification.
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SCADA Security Directions for 2013 - How Will ICS and SCADA Security Change in 2013?
February 01, 2013 Added by:Eric Byres
You see, every January I get asked to make between three and five predictions for the upcoming year. Then every December people remind me that I made those predictions 12 months ago. Then they get to tell me how poorly I did.
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Perfect Citizen, US vulnerability assessment program on critical infrastructures
January 02, 2013 Added by:Pierluigi Paganini
CNET web site has published a news on a secret National Security Agency program named Perfect Citizen that is targeting on large-scale the control systems inside utilities, including power grid and gas pipeline controllers, with the purpose to discover security vulnerabilities.
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