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CYBerseCurItY For InDustrIAL ControL sYsteMs
need to protect critical infrastructure becomes increasingly clear. is
book aspires to contribute to those discussions about ICS security.
What Is an Industrial Control System?
Process control system (PCS), distributed control system (DCS),
and supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) are names
frequently applied to the systems that control, monitor, and manage
large production systems. e systems are often in critical infrastruc-
tures industries, such as electric power generators, transportation
systems, dams, chemical facilities, petrochemical operations, pipe-
lines, and others, giving the security of PCS, DCS, and SCADA
systems evaluated importance in the increasingly networked ...