183Forensics Management
MALICIOUS CODE AND THE SCADA SYSTEM
There are just as many reasons why an attacker would want to take over a SCADA
system as a standard desktop computer or server and these reasons are growing. In
fact, there are all the reasons to attack a standard computer system and many more.
In general, an attacker will be looking for any of the data that one would generally
expect to nd on any other system. This can include system congurations, control
lists, and personal information. In addition, there are specic targeted reasons to
attack individual SCADA systems that present further security issues.
MANAGING THE ENVIRONMENT
• Network captures and analysis
• Logs and data-stores
• The hosting environment
• Software
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