Industrial and Automation Control System Cyber Range Prototype for Offensive Capability Development

Austris Uljāns, Bernhards Blumbergs

2022

Abstract

Industrial and automation control systems (IACS) are broadly utilized in sectors, such as manufacturing processes control and energy transmission. Attacks on these systems may have devastating effects. Moreover, current IACS systems are interconnected with conventional IT infrastructures thus increasing potential adversary access to industrial systems. This research describes and offers a prototype for a realistic and easily reproducible IACS cyber range for offensive exercise development. An extensive study of various technical aspects and scenarios of existing IACS cyber ranges is conducted to create the knowledgebase for such range development. Created IACS cyber range use is validated by conducting practical offensive capability development training for a target audience. This work concludes, that IACS cyber ranges are a viable tool for understanding and developing offensive tactics and techniques used to gain access to the IACS network and damage physical processes.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Uljāns A. and Blumbergs B. (2022). Industrial and Automation Control System Cyber Range Prototype for Offensive Capability Development. In Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Information Systems Security and Privacy - Volume 1: ICISSP, ISBN 978-989-758-553-1, pages 478-490. DOI: 10.5220/0010879500003120

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icissp22,
author={Austris Uljāns and Bernhards Blumbergs},
title={Industrial and Automation Control System Cyber Range Prototype for Offensive Capability Development},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Information Systems Security and Privacy - Volume 1: ICISSP,},
year={2022},
pages={478-490},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0010879500003120},
isbn={978-989-758-553-1},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Information Systems Security and Privacy - Volume 1: ICISSP,
TI - Industrial and Automation Control System Cyber Range Prototype for Offensive Capability Development
SN - 978-989-758-553-1
AU - Uljāns A.
AU - Blumbergs B.
PY - 2022
SP - 478
EP - 490
DO - 10.5220/0010879500003120