October 2017
Intermediate to advanced
456 pages
9h 56m
English
Process automation protocols include PROFIBUS, DeviceNet, ControlNet, Modbus, and CIP. These protocols are used to connect control devices together, be it a PLC to a sensor, a PLC to a PLC, or an engineering workstation to a control device to configure or program the device:

These protocols tend to be found mostly in levels 3 and lower of the Purdue model. A properly configured IDMZ should block any process automation protocol from leaving the Industrial zone.
From a security perspective, these protocols were never designed with security in mind. They forgo using encryption or implementing integrity checks to provide ...
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