The Security Issue of ICS: The Use of IT Infrastructure

Authors
I-Hsien Liu, Kuan-Ming Su, Jung-Shian Li*
Department of Electrical Engineering / Institute of Computer and Communication Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, No. 1, University Rd., East Dist., Tainan City 70101, Taiwan
*Corresponding author. Email: [email protected]
Corresponding Author
Jung-Shian Li
Received 9 November 2020, Accepted 6 April 2021, Available Online 28 May 2021.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.2991/jrnal.k.210521.007
Keywords
Industrial control systems; programmable logic controller; information technology; network security; Ethernet
Abstract
With the trend of Industry 4.0, the communication established by Ethernet is becoming more and more common in the Industrial Control System (ICS), and it brings not only pros but also cons like vulnerabilities from information technology. Furthermore, most devices in the ICS are not ready for cyberattacks, and it opens up opportunities for attackers. We generalized a procedure of attacking an Ethernet-enabled ICS and implemented it to the real industrial system we obtained. The procedure gets the information and access of the devices in the ICS, like identifying the manufacturer of Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs) and overwriting the configuration of PLCs.
Copyright
© 2021 The Authors. Published by ALife Robotics Corp. Ltd.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC 4.0 license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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