Assessing and Exploiting Control Systems Architectures

Examples when to use

Overview of methodology

Different security assessment types and their respective benefits and risks

• Passive vs active assessments
• Manual vs automated
• Reasons why architecture reviews should always be performed first

Basic control system concepts, systems, and devices

• Control system architectures
• PLCs, RTUs, and IEDs
• Understanding RTOS
• Industrial and non-Industrial
• What is IIoT and how it differs from IoT
• Field devices, buses, and loops

DCS vs SCADA

• Plant neworks
• SCADA networks
• Purdue model and IEC 62443