Control System Security Threats, Security / Reliability Incidents, Useful Industrial Cyber Security Tips
It has been a year since Eric did his infamous sous-vide blog for techies and almost a year since I surprised him with the real thing. I thought I would give you a short update on our sous-vide adventures this year.
If you are not familiar with sous-vide, it is a method of cooking food in a water bath. If you are wondering why I am writing about cooking in a blog dedicated to SCADA security, please read Eric’s original...
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.
Laura: You predicted that “there will be no big messy security events in 2012 (No Stuxnet or Slammer)”. Do you feel your prediction was accurate?
Eric...
Browsing this week’s industry newsletters, I noticed that Automation World had two related stories on new technologies:
Industry Interrupted: Tablets and Smart Phones Poised to Make a Big Impact
Industrial Networking Desires Revealed
Both articles indirectly point to an issue that industry needs to come to terms with quickly if we are ever going make our plant floors secure.
The Practical SCADA Security Blog has a very special blog contributor this week – Mr. Santa Claus, owner and operator of a very large toy manufacturing facility at the North Pole. This is a very busy time of year for Mr. Claus, so we would like to extend a big thank-you to him for sharing his cyber security story with our readers. We would also like to thank him for having the courage to publicly share details of an SCADA/ICS security event that occurred at his facility.
I don’t normally write blogs, and I especially don’t write security blogs – I am far too busy managing my toy manufacturing,...
Last year Eric’s holiday gift suggestion got his culinary juices flowing with the idea of a sous-vide oven; or for the true controls engineer, the plans to build your own. He was pleasantly surprised a few weeks later, when a sous-vide oven arrived under the tree. So now, while his oven is looking forward to preparing a Christmas feast, I’m looking forward to sharing this year’s suggestion.
Being married to Eric, I am bombarded with many technological daydreams. But one...
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