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Industrial Control Systems: A Primer for the Rest of Us

The current landscape for industrial control systems’ (ICS) cybersecurity is best described as turbulent, as system owners struggle to protect systems that were never intended to be interconnected. The systems have long existed in many industrial and manufacturing settings but were traditionally isolated. Technological advances and convergence with traditional information and communications technology (ICT) necessitate unparalleled security for the critical services theyprovide. Headline stories such as those about Stuxnet, Duqu and Flame revealed certain fallibilities surrounding ICS and serve as constant reminders for vigilance about vulnerabilities and attack vectors. ICS security incidents have become more frequent and attack vectors have expanded in the brief period since Stuxnet’s 2010 discovery by antivirus vendor VirusBlokAda.

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Industrial Control Systems: A Primer for the Rest of Us