What Makes an Industrial Control System Security Testbed Credible and Acceptable? Towards a Design Consideration Framework

Uchenna Ani, Jeremy Watson

2021

Abstract

The convergence of Industrial Control System (ICS) with Information Technologies (IT) coupled with the resulting and widely publicized cyber security incidents have made ICS security and resilience issues of critical concern to operators and governments. The inability to apply traditional IT security practice to ICSs further complicates the challenges of effectively securing critical industrial systems. To investigate these challenges without impacting upon live system operations, testbeds are being widely used as viable options to explore, develop and assess security risks and controls. However, how an ICS testbed is designed, and its attributes, can directly impact not only on its viability but also its credibility and acceptance for use as a whole. Through a systematic review and analysis of ICS security testbed design factors, a novel outline conceptual mapping of design factors for building credibility and acceptance is proposed. These design considerations include: design objectives, implementation approach, architectural component coverage, core operational characteristics, and evaluation approach.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Ani U. and Watson J. (2021). What Makes an Industrial Control System Security Testbed Credible and Acceptable? Towards a Design Consideration Framework. In Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Simulation and Modeling Methodologies, Technologies and Applications - Volume 1: SIMULTECH, ISBN 978-989-758-528-9, pages 181-190. DOI: 10.5220/0010170301810190

in Bibtex Style

@conference{simultech21,
author={Uchenna Ani and Jeremy Watson},
title={What Makes an Industrial Control System Security Testbed Credible and Acceptable? Towards a Design Consideration Framework},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Simulation and Modeling Methodologies, Technologies and Applications - Volume 1: SIMULTECH,},
year={2021},
pages={181-190},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0010170301810190},
isbn={978-989-758-528-9},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Simulation and Modeling Methodologies, Technologies and Applications - Volume 1: SIMULTECH,
TI - What Makes an Industrial Control System Security Testbed Credible and Acceptable? Towards a Design Consideration Framework
SN - 978-989-758-528-9
AU - Ani U.
AU - Watson J.
PY - 2021
SP - 181
EP - 190
DO - 10.5220/0010170301810190