Over on Unfettered, Joe Weiss has posted an interesting idea. He wants to create a live, working process control network as a test bed for cybersecurity. What if...
The establishment of a neutral Demonstration Process Control Network (DPCN) deploying process control systems that simulate the real world would provide valuable information and insight on how to more securely deploy such systems for the critical systems.The DPCN would simulate systems supporting: Hydro Electric Generation, Water Delivery, Waste Water Handling, Grid Synchronization, Fossil Fuel Electric Generation, and potentially other process control functions involved in flood control and environmental policy activities.The DPCN would provide:
- Physical representation of technologies and support systems for a variety of critical infrastructures
- Education on network design, deployment, and maintenance
- Validation and training on best practices
- Incident handling practices and procedures
- R&D test bed for commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) hardware and software
- Vendor neutral representations of what does and doesn't work