SECURITY OF INDUSTRIAL CONTROL SYSTEMS-AN EMERGING ISSUE IN ROMANIA NATIONAL DEFENSE

摘要: Romania, a NATO country since 2004, is situated at the Eastern NATO borders, having a geostrategic position at Black Sea and near Ukraine, a very sensitive area due to its vicinity and influence of Russia. Romanian energy production and distribution systems along with industrial plants are critical infrastructures for the country energetic independence, an important factor of national defense. Each power plant, petrochemical facility or refinery is operated by various interconnected control systems. In this paper the author tries to address the critical industrial control system protection against cyber-threats (cyberterrorism, cyberwar, hackers, etc.). The state of the art in identifying vulnerabilities and securing control systems is presented in the first part of the paper. Based on the analysis of the identified vulnerabilities the author tries to provide a comprehensive guideline for increasing the security of those critical infrastructures without affecting their performances and functionality.