Modern power facilities are equipped with sophisticated, state-of-the-art DCSs that rely on open standards such as ethernet, TCP/IP and web technologies, as well as commercial off-the-shelf hardware and software. Open standards and technologies offer significant advantages, however they do require organisations to be more vigilant in proactively assessing potential vulnerabilities and adopting cyber security measures.
This article, written by Mark Boyes, and published in the June 2008 Utility Week IT Supplement explains how this should be done. Mark Boyes is the Director of project and service operations for Emerson Process Management in the UK
