The security of critical infrastructure is in the spotlight again this week after a researcher released attack code that can exploit several vulnerabilities found in systems used at oil-, gas- and ...

Customized Russelectric ® supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems enable users to monitor system operation, acknowledge alarms, and review PLC set points and alarm history. The basic ...

Our critical infrastructure is an attractive target for enemy nations, terrorist groups, or even run-of-the-mill cyber criminals, and many security experts believe that it is not remotely protected ...

The U.S. currently faces a growing threat from cyber-attacks against its critical infrastructure (CI) vital to our modern society. Many understand this growing threat but don’t know the origins of a ...

Researchers have found vulnerabilities in industrial control systems that they say grant full control of systems running energy, chemical and transportation systems. The vulnerabilities were ...

Researchers have successfully demonstrated an open-source supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system designed to withstand attacks and compromises on the power grid. The ...

SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition) is a comprehensive system of hardware and software designed to enable organizations to control and monitor industrial processes. Widely use across ...

If you think database patching is onerous and fraught with risk, then try patching a SCADA system that's running a power plant. With post-Stuxnet paranoia pressuring major SCADA vendors like Siemens ...

An experiment highlighting threats to internet-facing industrial control systems (ICS) left researchers with troubling evidence that these devices and systems are prime targets for attackers.

In tough economic and regulatory times, manufacturers need automated supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems that gather, store and retrieve real-time actionable production data.