ADAPTING SCADA SYSTEMS TO CLOUD COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT

Zhixiong Chen, Donovan Evan

2011

Abstract

Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems have existed for over 50 years. Yet, they are still widely used in national critical infrastructures like New York Metro transportation system, NY water-way control systems and power grid. This paper examines the evolution of SCADA systems from closed SCADA systems to open networked SCADA systems and discusses issues adapting SCADA systems into cloud computing paradigm. We propose a framework that secures SCADA systems under cloud environ-ment. It provides reasonable assurance of such adaptation and migration. Finally, we apply it to NY Metro North Subway and Rail Transportation system.

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in Harvard Style

Chen Z. and Evan D. (2011). ADAPTING SCADA SYSTEMS TO CLOUD COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT . In Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 3: IAST, (ICEIS 2011) ISBN 978-989-8425-55-3, pages 559-563. DOI: 10.5220/0003614705590563


in Bibtex Style

@conference{iast11,
author={Zhixiong Chen and Donovan Evan},
title={ADAPTING SCADA SYSTEMS TO CLOUD COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 3: IAST, (ICEIS 2011)},
year={2011},
pages={559-563},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0003614705590563},
isbn={978-989-8425-55-3},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 3: IAST, (ICEIS 2011)
TI - ADAPTING SCADA SYSTEMS TO CLOUD COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT
SN - 978-989-8425-55-3
AU - Chen Z.
AU - Evan D.
PY - 2011
SP - 559
EP - 563
DO - 10.5220/0003614705590563