Protecting industrial control systems from electronic threats / Joseph Weiss.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Weiss, Joseph M., 1981-

World Batch Forum Staff, Corporate Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Process control--Automation--Safety measures.

Process control.

Automatic control--Safety measures.

Automatic control.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (340 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[New York, N.Y.] (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) : Momentum Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

From manufacturing to chemical and petroleum processing to municipal utilities, you will find an industrial control system at the heart of these industries. Yet they were rarely designed to be secure from tampering or other threats. They were designed to be practical--to permit instant access by the operator to the control system. Learn about serious electronic threats and the all-too-common lack of security in industrial control systems. You will learn about the differences between enterprise IT security and industrial control security. And you will learn about functional security--a set of practices adapted from the world's industrial safety standards.

Contents:

Acknowledgments

Preface

1. Background

2. Definitions

3. Industrial control system descriptions

4. Convergence of industrial control systems and information technology

5. Differences between industrial control systems and information technology

6. Electronic threats to industrial control systems

7. Myths

8. Current personnel status and needs

9. Information sharing and disclosure

10. Industrial control system cyber risk assessments

11. Selected industry activities

12. industrial control system security trends and observations

13. industrial control system cyber security demonstrations

14. Selected case histories: malicious attacks

15. Selected case histories: unintentional incidents

16. Industrial control system incident categorization

17. Recommendations

Appendix 1. Acronyms

Appendix 2. Glossary

Appendix 3. Comparison of key definitions

Appendix 4. CSIS white paper on industrial control systems

Appendix 5. Typical distributed control system procurement specification

Notes

Further reading

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-316) and index.

Title from PDF t.p. (viewed on June 23, 2010).

ISBN:

1-283-89591-9

OCLC:

670428503