Nuclear power plants, hydroelectricity plants, oil and gas pipelines, transport systems (subway and high speed trains) and a great many other vital systems are managed through various computer technologies.
Industry systems’ security gained a great deal of interest after a series of incidents involving the computer viruses Flame and Stuxnet. This was the herald of the age of cyberwarfare. In Russia, there is another reason to consider the security of such systems: new requirements for controllers developed to improve industry systems safety.
To find proper security methods, it is necessary to understand what skills the attacker possesses and what method of attack is to be chosen. In order to answer these questions, the experts of Positive Technologies
explored the ICS systems security (ICS/SCADA/PLC). The results are shown below.