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SCADA Security Directions 2013


January is the Cruelest Month


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2012 SCADA Security Predictions - How Did Eric Byres Do?


Early in 2012 Eric Byres wrote a blog article predicting what he thought would happen in 2012 with regards to SCADA and ICS security. I went back to his blog and highlighted the four main predictions he made. Then I asked him to rate himself on each one.


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Major Manufacturer Admits PLC Security Breach


Editor's Note


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Industrial Data Compromise – the New Business Risk


Today is the day that Tofino Security is announcing that I have joined their team.  I am very excited about this, particularly because I believe that industrial cyber security is the next major impactful technology to hit the automation industries.

 


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Sous-vide Cooking turns SCADA Engineer into Gourmet Chef


After suggesting a sous-vide oven as a gift idea for control engineers, I was looking forward to designing my own homemade system from PLC parts over the holidays.  However, my project never got off the ground as my wife Joann gave me the real thing.  (Perhaps she couldn’t stand the thought of having my hom


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SCADA Security: Losing the Battle to Efficiency


Last week I received a humorous note from Dr. Paul Dorey directing me to two side-by-side lead articles in the latest Automation.com eNewsletter, Programmable Automation Controllers (PAC) Update.

 


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PLC Security Risk: Controller Operating Systems


Recently I was asked “How could a hacker possibly attack an industrial controller like a PLC or SIS, since there is no operating system in these devices?”

 


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Summing up Stuxnet in 4 Easy Sections - (plus Handy Presentation)


There has been a lot of media coverage and discussion of the Stuxnet malware, and its impact on industrial control system (ICS) and SCADA security. We are one of the groups guilty of creating a Stuxnet publishing industry.

 


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Stuxnet Lesson: Is SCADA/Control Field Device Firmware the Next Malware Target?


In the post-Stuxnet cyber security world, many vendors are actively thinking about protective measures that could prevent a similar attack on industrial systems.

 


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Bad News for SCADA - Stuxnet gets Scarier


Over the past two weeks, there has been considerable progress in determining exactly what industrial process Stuxnet’s creators were trying to destroy. This news is not good for the industrial control system and SCADA communities.

 


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