CYRAN | ScienceGate

Cyber Security of ICS/SCADA systems is a major aspect of current research focus. Cyber Ranges and Test-beds can serve as means of vulnerability and threat analysis of real SCADA systems with low costs. Significantly lacking from current research, is detailed documentation of the decision process and the potential difficulties that need to be considered when undertaking the creation of a Cyber Range (CR) in order to facilitate the capture of labelled datasets which is included in this paper. This paper makes several further contributions; a review of Cyber Ranges created by Academic Institutions that influenced the criteria in creating CYRAN, the De Montfort University CYber RANge. The article presents the design implementation, the process of creating effective rules of engagement, the management and running of a Cyber Range Event (CRE) with partners from Industry and Academia and the creation of labelled datasets.

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Cyber Security of Water SCADA Systems—Part II: Attack Detection Using Enhanced Hydrodynamic Models

IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology ◽

10.1109/tcst.2012.2211874 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 21 (5) ◽

pp. 1679-1693 ◽

Cited By ~ 83

Author(s):

Saurabh Amin ◽

Xavier Litrico ◽

S. Shankar Sastry ◽

Alexandre M. Bayen

Keyword(s):

Cyber Security ◽

Attack Detection ◽

Hydrodynamic Models ◽

Scada Systems

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Cyber Attacks on Critical Infrastructure

Civil and Environmental Engineering ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-9619-8.ch018 ◽

2016 ◽

pp. 448-465

Author(s):

Ana Kovacevic ◽

Dragana Nikolic

Keyword(s):

Control Systems ◽

Cyber Security ◽

Critical Infrastructure ◽

Cyber Attacks ◽

Cyber Attack ◽

Future Directions ◽

Infrastructure Systems ◽

Cyber Threats ◽

Scada Systems ◽

Insight Into

We are facing the expansion of cyber incidents, and they are becoming more severe. This results in the necessity to improve security, especially in the vulnerable field of critical infrastructure. One of the problems in the security of critical infrastructures is the level of awareness related to the effect of cyberattacks. The threat to critical infrastructure is real, so it is necessary to be aware of it and anticipate, predict, and prepare against a cyber attack. The main reason for the escalation of cyberattacks in the field of Critical Infrastructure (CI) may be that most control systems used for CI do not utilise propriety protocols and software anymore; they instead utilise standard solutions. As a result, critical infrastructure systems are more than ever before becoming vulnerable and exposed to cyber threats. It is important to get an insight into what attack types occur, as this may help direct cyber security efforts. In this chapter, the authors present vulnerabilities of SCADA systems against cyber attack, analyse and classify existing cyber attacks, and give future directions to achieve better security of SCADA systems.

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Cyber Attacks on Critical Infrastructure

Advances in Digital Crime, Forensics, and Cyber Terrorism - Handbook of Research on Digital Crime, Cyberspace Security, and Information Assurance ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-6324-4.ch001 ◽

2015 ◽

pp. 1-18 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Ana Kovacevic ◽

Dragana Nikolic

Keyword(s):

Control Systems ◽

Cyber Security ◽

Critical Infrastructure ◽

Cyber Attacks ◽

Cyber Attack ◽

Future Directions ◽

Infrastructure Systems ◽

Cyber Threats ◽

Scada Systems ◽

Insight Into

We are facing the expansion of cyber incidents, and they are becoming more severe. This results in the necessity to improve security, especially in the vulnerable field of critical infrastructure. One of the problems in the security of critical infrastructures is the level of awareness related to the effect of cyberattacks. The threat to critical infrastructure is real, so it is necessary to be aware of it and anticipate, predict, and prepare against a cyber attack. The main reason for the escalation of cyberattacks in the field of Critical Infrastructure (CI) may be that most control systems used for CI do not utilise propriety protocols and software anymore; they instead utilise standard solutions. As a result, critical infrastructure systems are more than ever before becoming vulnerable and exposed to cyber threats. It is important to get an insight into what attack types occur, as this may help direct cyber security efforts. In this chapter, the authors present vulnerabilities of SCADA systems against cyber attack, analyse and classify existing cyber attacks, and give future directions to achieve better security of SCADA systems.

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SCADA Systems Cyber Security for Critical Infrastructures

Cyber Warfare and Terrorism ◽

10.4018/978-1-7998-2466-4.ch028 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 446-464

Author(s):

Suhaila Ismail ◽

Elena Sitnikova ◽

Jill Slay

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Data Acquisition ◽

Case Studies ◽

Cyber Security ◽

Cyber Attacks ◽

Critical Infrastructures ◽

Physical Injury ◽

The Public ◽

Psychological Theories ◽

Scada Systems

Past cyber-attacks on Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) Systems for Critical infrastructures have left these systems compromised and caused financial and economic problems. Deliberate attacks have resulted in denial of services and physical injury to the public in certain cases. This study explores the past attacks on SCADA Systems by examining nine case studies across multiple utility sectors including transport, energy and water and sewage sector. These case studies will be further analysed according to the cyber-terrorist decision-making theories including strategic, organisational and psychological theories based on McCormick (2000). Next, this study will look into cyber-terrorist capabilities in conducting attacks according to Nelson's (1999) approach that includes simple-unstructured, advance-structured and complex-coordinated capabilities. The results of this study will form the basis of a guideline that organisations can use so that they are better prepared in identifying potential future cybersecurity attacks on their SCADA systems.

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Aplikacja modelu badawczego ARTS w tłumaczeniu

Beyond Language - Między Tekstem a Kulturą: Z Zagadnień Przekładoznawstwa ◽

10.52769/bl1.0014.mpio ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 203-214

Author(s):

Maria Piotrowska

Keyword(s):

Action Research ◽

European Society ◽

Decision Process ◽

Translation Studies ◽

Translation Research ◽

The Arts ◽

Translation Practice ◽

Cultural Conditioning ◽

The Creation

Having presented directions of development in Translation Studies, based on themes of subsequent European Society for Translation Studies Congresses; as well as the chronology of changes and turns in translation research, the author presents the Action Research in Translation Studies (ARTS) model, which combines functionalist theories in TS with translation practice. ARTS aims at using theoretical cogitation in TS in order to introduce specific translation activities. The application of the ARTS model is illustrated here by the analysis of the Katzenjammer Kids translation unit. The conclusions regard the translator’s decision process and the influence of cultural conditioning on the creation of meaning in translation.

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