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This is a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA report procured by the Pentagon and made available for public release. It has been reproduced in the best form available to the Pentagon. It is not spiral-bound, but rather assembled with Velobinding in a soft, white linen cover. The Storming Media report number is A145724. The abstract provided by the Pentagon follows: Two recent trends have raised concerns about the security and stability of Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems. The first is a move to define standard interfaces and communications protocols in support of cross-vendor compatibility and modularity. The second is a move to connect nodes in a SCADA system to open networks such as the Internet. Recent failures of critical infrastructure SCADA systems highlight these concerns. To ensure continued operations in times of crisis, SCADA systems, particularly those operating in our critical infrastructure, must be secured. Developing an abstract generic framework for defining and understanding SCADA systems is a necessary first step. A framework can provide the tools to understand the system's functions and capabilities, and how components in the system relate and interface with each other. This thesis examines and describes SCADA systems, their components, and commonly used communications protocols. It presents a matrix approach to describing and defining the features, functions and capabilities of a SCADA system. Two small SCADA systems, using industry standard components and simulating real world applications, were designed and constructed for this thesis to provide context for applying the matrix approach. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Pipeline & Gas Journal, published by Oildom Publishing Company of Texas, Inc. on September 1, 2008. The length of the article is 3830 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: SCADA security, compliance, and liability--a survival guide.(Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition)
Author: Clint Bodungen
Publication: Pipeline & Gas Journal (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 1, 2008
Publisher: Oildom Publishing Company of Texas, Inc.
Volume: 235Issue: 9Page: 82(6)

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This digital document is an article from Pipeline & Gas Journal, published by Oildom Publishing Company of Texas, Inc. on November 1, 2009. The length of the article is 2614 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Hacking the industrial SCADA network.(supervisory control and data acquisition)
Author: Frank Dickman
Publication: Pipeline & Gas Journal (Magazine/Journal)
Date: November 1, 2009
Publisher: Oildom Publishing Company of Texas, Inc.
Volume: 236Issue: 11Page: 77(4)

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This digital document is an article from Plastics Engineering, published by Society of Plastics Engineers, Inc. on May 1, 2003. The length of the article is 335 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Processors combine control, communications, data acquisition. (Computer Hardware & Software).(new from Online Development)
Author: Hope Molinaro
Publication: Plastics Engineering (Refereed)
Date: May 1, 2003
Publisher: Society of Plastics Engineers, Inc.
Volume: 59Issue: 5Page: 35(1)

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