Masters Theses

Vulnerability analysis of PLC-based SCADA systems over ethernet using attack trees and commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) tools

Abstract

"Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems are a part of the automation systems in industry and they also help to control critical infrastructures. These systems have evolved from proprietary, stand-alone devices to Internet and TCP/IP-based platforms. The migration to a common platform, such as TCP/IP, brings its own share of problems, besides the threat from attackers on the Internet. Such standards, where security has typically been a low priority, present a high level of threat when these systems control business-critical or safety-critical operations. In these systems, security methods and protection techniques should be designed beforehand. This thesis analyzes and considers various weak links in SCADA and Programmabale Logic Controller (PLC)-based systems on Ethernet through a systematic approach using attack trees and designing a risk matrix"--Abstract, page iii.

Advisor(s)

Miller, Ann K.

Committee Member(s)

Tauritz, Daniel R.
Erickson, Kelvin T.

Department(s)

Computer Science

Degree Name

M.S. in Computer Science

Publisher

University of Missouri--Rolla

Publication Date

Fall 2007

Pagination

xii, 110 pages

Rights

© 2007 Simrit Pal Singh, All rights reserved.

Document Type

Thesis - Citation

File Type

text

Language

English

Subject Headings

Computer networks -- Security measuresProgrammable logic devicesSupervisory control systems -- Security measures

Thesis Number

T 9292

Print OCLC #

243788369

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