Obtaining high preventive and resilience capacities in critical infrastructure by industrial automation cells

Santiago G. González, S. Dormido Canto and José Sánchez Moreno

International Journal of Critical Infrastructure Protection, 2020, vol. 29, issue C

Abstract: The advances in Information Technologies (ITs) are providing Industrial Control Systems (ICS) with a great capacity for interconnection and adaptability. However, the use of communication networks makes ICS highly vulnerable. Consequently, it is essential to develop methodologies for the identification and subsequent classification of the ICS that intervene in critical infrastructure assets with any level of complexity, scalability and heterogeneity. The System and Infrastructure of Knowledge for Real Experimentation by means of Cells of Industrial Automation (SIKRECIA), described in this work, provides new capabilities for research, development, simulation and testing of the functioning of these systems, and the ability to foresee the behavior of a specific system in industrial production. The scenarios recreated through SIKRECIA have the ability to anticipate new threats that affect the ICS of critical infrastructures. Using SIKRECIA, a specific vulnerability of a PLC has been verified through the engineering programmed for the management of a traffic light control system. The results obtained demonstrate the high dependence between IT and OT (Operation Technologies) systems and therefore the importance of being able to recreate those environments before entering into operation. As SIKRECIA is an open system, it can use components from different industrial manufacturers to cover the existing architectures in the process industry.

Keywords: Cybersecurity; Industrial control system; Critical infrastructure; National Security; Cyber Resilience (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcip.2020.100355

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