Definition
An industrial control system is a general term used to describe systems that are designed to monitor, oversee, manage, and/or support processes of critical infrastructure.
Introduction
An industrial control system is a general term used to describe systems that are designed to monitor, oversee, manage, and/or support processes of critical infrastructure (i.e., “the physical and cyber systems and assets that are so vital to the United States that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on our physical or economic security or public health or safety”; DHS n.d.). The United States has 16 designated critical infrastructure sectors (CISA n.d.): chemical; commercial; communications; critical manufacturing; dams; defense industrial base; emergency services; energy; financial services; food and agriculture; government facilities; healthcare and public health; information technology; nuclear reactors, materials, and waste; transportation systems; and water...
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Stouffer, K., Pillitteri, V., Lightman, S., Abrams, M., & Hahn, A. (2015). Guide to Industrial Control Systems (ICS) Security Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) Systems, Distributed Control Systems (DCS), and other control system configurations such as Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC). NIST special publication 800-82 revision 2. https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/specialpublications/nist.sp.800-82r2.pdf.
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Further Reading
DHS. (2016, September). Recommended practice: improving industrial control system cybersecurity with defense-in-depth strategies industrial control systems. Cyber Emergency Response Team. https://www.us-cert.gov/sites/default/files/recommended_practices/NCCIC_ICS-CERT_Defense_in_Depth_2016_S508C.pdf
Stouffer, K., Pillitteri, V., Lightman, S., Abrams, M., & Hahn, A. (2015). Guide to Industrial Control Systems (ICS) Security Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) Systems, Distributed Control Systems (DCS), and other control system configurations such as Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC). NIST special publication 800-82 revision 2. https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/specialpublications/nist.sp.800-82r2.pdf
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Maras, MH. (2021). Industrial Control System. In: Shapiro, L.R., Maras, MH. (eds) Encyclopedia of Security and Emergency Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70488-3_17
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