Security News > 2011 > March > Industry association aims to bolster SCADA security

http://www.csoonline.com/article/676095/industry-association-aims-to-bolster-scada-security By George V. Hulme CSO March 11, 2011 It's no state secret that industrial and automation control systems have a way to go before they're resilient from targeted and sophisticated malware attacks. Just last week the International Society of Automation (ISA) announced that the ISA99 standards committee on Industrial Automation and Control Systems Security had formed a task group to conduct a gap analysis of the current ANSI (American National Standards Institute) ISA99 standards and modern threats against critical industrial systems, such as Stuxnet The ISA 99 standard provides guidance to control system operators on security technologies and how well they work (or don't) at mitigating the risks associated with certain threats and vulnerabilities. The intent of this gap analysis is to determine if organizations that are following ISA 99 would have been able to fend off a Stuxnet-like attack and to identity any improvements the standard may need. A technical report is expected by mid-year 2011. The ISA 99 standard is a foundation of Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition System (SCADA) security. "Over the next few years, these standards will become core international standards for protecting critical industrial infrastructures that directly impact human safety, health, and the environment; and, likely will be extended to other areas of application, even broader than those generically labeled SCADA. Based on this, it is essential that industrial companies following IEC 62443 standards know they will be able to stop the next Stuxnet," the ISA wrote in its statement announcing the security task force. The news of the ISA 99 gap analysis came the same day as the Security Incidents Organization released its 2011 report, Report on Cyber Security Incidents and Trends Affecting Industrial Control Systems Resulting from Malware Infections. [...] ___________________________________________________________ Tegatai Managed Colocation: Four Provider Blended Tier-1 Bandwidth, Fortinet Universal Threat Management, Natural Disaster Avoidance, Always-On Power Delivery Network, Cisco Switches, SAS 70 Type II Datacenter. Find peace of mind, Defend your Critical Infrastructure. http://www.tegataiphoenix.com/

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