Practical Industrial Cybersecurity

Introduction

Welcome to Wiley’s Practical Industrial Cybersecurity: ICS, Industry 4.0, and IIoT. This book is designed to provide a solid theory and practical platform for cybersecurity personnel in the industrial process control and utility environments.

While this book does not stand on its own as a complete guide to becoming an industrial cybersecurity professional, it does prepare readers to prepare for the leading industry certification in this area—the Global Industrial Cyber Security Professional (GICSP) exam from Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC), an affiliate of the SANS Institute. The GICSP exam is designed to bring industrial control skills to the cybersecurity forefront. While there are multitudes of IT-centric computer, network, and cybersecurity courses and certifications in the field, there are not many individuals who possess the skills and knowledge of cybersecurity as it relates to industrial control systems and operations technology. The search for people with these skills and knowledge has becoming a driving force in the cybersecurity world.

The published topic areas for each GICSP Exam Certification Objectives & Outcome Statements are as follows:

• Access Management—Knowledge of access control models, directory services, and user access management
• Configuration/Change Management—Knowledge of change management, baselines, equipment connections, and configuration auditing
• Configuration/Change Management-software updates—Knowledge of distribution ...