Many leading industrial and governmental network infrastructures employ SCADA systems to automate, monitor and control crucial physical processes, including manufacturing and testing, electrical transmission, water and fuel transport, and traffic signal operation. Because of their crucial importance and prominence in the field, SCADA systems have increasingly been the target of criminal and terrorist activities intended to disrupt and deny services. Critical failures can disrupt crucial production and endanger public safety.
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Securing SCADA Systems: Where Do We Start?
Posted by: Patrick Sweeney June 23, 2011 05:00 AMMany leading industrial and governmental network infrastructures employ SCADA systems to automate, monitor and control crucial physical processes, including manufacturing and testing, electrical transmission, water and fuel transport, and traffic signal operation. Because of their crucial importance and prominence in the field, SCADA systems have increasingly been the target of criminal and terrorist activities intended to disrupt and deny services. Critical failures can disrupt crucial production and endanger public safety.