Air Gaps
The theory of the air gap sounds great; by creating a physical gap between the control network and the business network, bad things like hackers and worms can never get into critical control systems. This sounds good in theory; however, true air gaps do not actually exist in the ICS and SCADA world.
Articles
- Next Generation Cyber Attacks Target Oil And Gas SCADA
- Industrial Networks Under Attack
- SCADA Security's Air Gap Fairy Tale
- Cyber Security Threats: Expert Interview with Eric Byres, Part 1
- #1 ICS and SCADA Security Myth: Protection by Air Gap (Newsletter)
- Can't Happen at Your Site? Network Security on the Plant Floor
- Must Industry Choose Between Security or Efficiency?
Blog Posts
- Air Gaps won’t Stop Stuxnet’s Children
- SCADA Security Zeitgeist 2012
- The Secret to Easy and Effective SCADA Security (plus White Paper)
- #1 ICS and SCADA Security Myth: Protection by Air Gap
- SCADA Security: Is the Air Gap Debate Over?
- SCADA Security: A Call-out to Control Engineers about Air Gaps
- Siemens Cyber Security Report Card (Part 1 of 2) (plus Presentation)
- Major Manufacturer Admits PLC Security Breach
- SCADA Air Gaps – Technology or Philosophy?