ICS vendor security issue

June 17, 2010
Because of travel commitments, I have not been actively blogging. Yesterday nite, I gave a presentation at the IEEE Industry Applications Society in Concord, CA.  Today, I am flying to Albuquerque to give an invited presentation to an Air Force Cyber Security and Surety meeting.
Because of travel commitments, I have not been actively blogging. Yesterday nite, I gave a presentation at the IEEE Industry Applications Society in Concord, CA.  Today, I am flying to Albuquerque to give an invited presentation to an Air Force Cyber Security and Surety meeting. During last nite’s IEEE meeting, I was discussing the concern that ICSs have not, and continue not be designed for security considerations other than bolt-on additions.  Not only did all of the ICS vendor attendees agree, one of the attendees mentioned an actual case where a major ICS supplier poured tens of millions of dollars into a new ICS that did not have security adequately addressed. When that system was impacted by a cyber event, the design was such they were unable to shut the ICS down.  Suffice it to say, the vendor cancelled that particular ICS line at a very substantial cost. Joe Weiss

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