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CYBerseCurItY For InDustrIAL ControL sYsteMs
Collateral Damage
e largest generalized threat to ICS security is related to collateral
damage from systems that have been hi-jacked for the illicit purposes
of organized crime and foreign intelligence. e ICS assets can be
directly targeted through attacks on ICS support systems: manage-
ment consoles running standard operating systems, service laptops,
le servers, or desktops attached to the ICS network. But ICS can
also be indirectly targeted through attacks on systems within inter-
connected business networks. e premise of the indirect attack is
that while the ICS network may be too dicult to reach remotely, it is
a much softer target from an internal network. Like layered defense,
layered ...