Don’t Be Denied – Counter Threat Before It’s Too Late

Investors learnt years ago that automation can keep costs down.  Factories and other process control applications have been retooled time and again.  SCADA now rules.  But what if an attacker denied you such services?

History shows that Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) was introduced nearly 75 years ago.  Generations later, implementations creped onto our networks by way of an open systems architecture.  Such innovations may lead to it’s downfall unless investments are made in the rising threat landscape.

A recent article in CSO states that “Attacks against industrial control systems double” when analyzing traffic between 2013 and 2014.  Malware has been developed for the SCADA technology with all new exploit kits including it.

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