Controlling the Off Switch. Who Controls It?
We're about to acquire a significant new cybervulnerability. The world's energy utilities are starting to install hundreds of millions of 'smart meters' which contain a remote off switch. Its main...
View ArticleCyber Threat to Control Systems: Are Companies Expecting Too Much Info?
The industry uses the general term "threat information," but during more detailed discussions, it seems that the information companies seek is more like the traditional military concept of "tactical...
View ArticleControl system cybersecurity
Is there really a lack of information about control system cybersecurity? Would you be willing to pay for outside help to address your cybersecurity issues? Would some sort of certification mechanism...
View ArticleACS 2011 Conference Summary - September 21
The final agenda can be found at www.realtimeacs.com There are several unique hallmarks of the conference:Discussions of actual control system cyber impactsThe significant amount of discussion makes...
View ArticleWater System Hack - The System Is Broken
Last week, a disclosure was made about a public water district SCADA system hack. There are a number of very important issues in this disclosure:read more
View ArticleIs the WaterISAC Helping the Water Industry? – The Illinois Water Hack Raises...
Per the WaterISAC portal, the WaterISAC (Information Sharing and Analysis Center) is a community of water sector professionals who share a common purpose: to protect public health and the environment....
View ArticleThe Illinois Water Hack Is a Test of the System for Disclosure – Is It Broken?
My blog on the Illinois water hack was directly based on a formal disclosure announcement by the Illinois State Terrorism and Intelligence Center - STIC (Note: My blog did not identify the state...
View ArticleBuilding the Next System Capable of Fending Off the Next Stuxnet Attack on...
Russian antivirus firm Kaspersky Lab seeks a developer and analyst to create an operating system that could dissuade the next Stuxnet attack on industrial control systems. Currently, Kaspersky Lab...
View ArticleMalware Attack on RasGAs in the Middle East
Qatar-based liquefied natural gas (LNG) producer RasGas reported in early September that malware shut down part of its computer system. This was the latest cybersecurity attack in the Middle East...
View ArticleIT Rules for Cybersecurity of control systems
How far should we go in adopting IT type rules for the management of cybersecurity on control systems. Will treating a control system as just another set of PCC's (from the IT perspective) cause more...
View Article
