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Over the past few years, IT security has become a dominant topic in the process control domain. The authors outline what they see as the core challenges, how industry is responding to them, and what problems remain.
Embedded devices are today important elements of critical infrastructures like networking, telecommunications, electric/gas/water utility automation, and industrial automation. Access to these embedded devices should be restricted and strictly controlled. Current authentication schemes for embedded devices - mainly password based - do not provide the necessary security and scalable manageability....
Information system security for industrial plants is a topic of increasing importance. Effective and cost-efficient security solutions require some kind of industry consensus or standardization. This paper examines the interests of the various stakeholders in the industrial security field (e.g. society, plant owners, service providers, automation vendors, and consultants) and evaluates some of the...
Modern industrial communication networks are increasingly based on open protocols and platforms that are also used in the office IT and Internet environment. This reuse facilitates development and deployment of highly connected systems, but also makes the communication system vulnerable to electronic attacks. This paper gives an overview of IT security issues in industrial automation systems which...
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