Analysis of requirements for critical control systems

Cristina Alcaraz and Javier Lopez

International Journal of Critical Infrastructure Protection, 2012, vol. 5, issue 3, 137-145

Abstract: The use of modern information and communications technologies in supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems used in the critical infrastructure has become an important topic of research. The modernization significantly enhances operational performance, but also introduces security issues and the associated risks. This paper formally analyzes how the introduction of new technologies can impact control systems and ultimately affect the performance of the critical infrastructure systems being controlled. Five control system requirements are identified with the goal of proposing new operational requirements that trade-off performance and security.

Keywords: SCADA systems; Critical control systems; Control requirements (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcip.2012.08.003

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