Cybersecurity for Industrial Control Systems

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threAts to ICs

attacks that slip silently through perimeter security, either through

Web-based exploits or on portable storage devices like USB keys, per-

sonal media players, or smart phones.

Even if the ICS devices are not based upon Windows operating

systems, they can certainly suer from the collateral damage if a

Windows device in their proximity becomes infected. Similarly, in

the course of performing its automated reconnaissance, modern mal-

ware will scan all reachable networks: if there is even the smallest hole

in a rewall or error in a routing or switching table leading to the ICS

network, modern malware will nd it.

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