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Sociological
andCultural Aspects
Jacob Brodsky and Robert Radvanovsky
This chapter describes the current social aspects to implement an industrial control
system security program. Industrial control systems security is still in its infancy
and as such there is resistance from many avenues. This chapter outlines the social
hurdles, which the various groups are, and what concerns and motivates them.
It may be trite and pedantic to say this—but security begins and ends with people.
This fact cannot be emphasized enough when dealing with industrial control system
security. In the midst of all this high-tech gadgetry, too many act as if one could ...