Improving the Security of Scada Systems in Mission-critical Infrastructures: a Thorough Analysis and Possible Solutions
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: A critical infrastructure concern is the security of supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems, whichare essential for ensuring the resilience and integrity of processes and operations and for maintaining servicecontinuity in the face of hostile and cyber-terrorist attacks. There are system-level security holes, and SCADAprotocols are often prone to them as well. Not all necessary security measures may be in place. They often rely on"security by obscurity" or seclusion from public networks, which is in contrast to that. Hackers trying to breachSCADA equipment have an easy target in the protocols that lack security measures like authentication andencryption. In order to demonstrate the need of improving SCADA device security, the authors highlight thesecurity risks and unsolved matters associated with these devices. In addition, the article assesses SCADA networks,delving further to discuss the available security methods to thwart assaults on these networks.
Authors: S. Sarika, Dr.N.Deepak Kumar
Language: English
Subfield: Control and Systems Engineering
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W7221296091