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Article: Control system threats
- Article from:
- InTech
- Article date:
- December 1, 2004
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CopyrightCopyright Instrument Society of America Dec 2004. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Control systems are in a constant state of flux with equipment installations and removals, subsystem upgrades, equipment reconfigurations, communication media changes, user account activity, and vendor changes. These operational activities can introduce vulnerabilities into a secure control system implementation. security plans can give guidance in avoiding vulnerabilities, but they need to be operationally current to be effective.
Historically, control systems used proprietary hardware, software, and network protocols-limiting the potential for an attack to those with control system-specific skills. Control systems today face more risks because of their vulnerabilities, due to things like ...