Expert Opinions on IT Security in Automation
Technology
The risks for automation technology networks are considered by experts to be high:
...recommended that process control system networks be divided into layers according to function and protection requirements and that to realize an interface with external networks a demilitarized zone...
...current managed process control systems are often not adequately protected. In 2008 various vulnerabilities were discovered, two in widely used process control system monitoring software...
...in the USA a software update in a power plant led to a non scheduled 48 hour power outage because the process control system was affected by an office communication network software update...
......two different areas to be considered:
a) measures that target increasing IT security in standard systems
b) b) IT security needs to be considered in the development of future automation technology systems...."
...to guarantee IT security the implementation of organizational measures is just as important as technical measures. Many threats can only be terminated or excluded by organizational measures.....
...previous business IT security philosophies and solutions cannot always be applied to the automation technology industry...
