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sSCADA: Securing SCADA Infrastructure Communications

Authors:
Yongge Wang
Bei-Tseng Chu
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URL: http://eprint.iacr.org/2004/265
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Abstract: Distributed control systems (DCS) and supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems were developed to reduce labor costs, and to allow system-wide monitoring and remote control from a central location. Control systems are widely used in critical infrastructures such as electric grid, natural gas, water, and wastewater industries. While control systems can be vulnerable to a variety of types of cyber attacks that could have devastating consequences, little research has been done to secure the control systems. This paper presents a suite of security protocols optimized for SCADA/DCS systems which include: point-to-point secure channels, authenticated broadcast channels, authenticated emergency channels, and revised authenticated emergency channels. These protocols are designed to address the specific challenges that SCADA systems have.
BibTeX
@misc{eprint-2004-12232,
  title={sSCADA: Securing SCADA Infrastructure Communications},
  booktitle={IACR Eprint archive},
  keywords={applications /},
  url={http://eprint.iacr.org/2004/265},
  note={ yonwang@uncc.edu 12705 received 14 Oct 2004},
  author={Yongge Wang and Bei-Tseng Chu},
  year=2004
}