Security of Government Critical Infrastructures with SCADA

Abstract

In a world where speed, efficiency, as well as access to an ever-growing amount of information and services are of strategic importance, the digital environment is what provides the necessary level of functionality that can meet the needs of society as a whole today. In that sense, the digital environment represents a paradigm and a necessary assumption on which the functioning of a wide range of data and services that are part of the so-callled critical infrastructures. As an interdependent, networked system, critical infrastructures provide fundamental services that are important for security, economic growth and prosperity, as well as social welfare and well-being. Critical infrastructures are based on services and related technologies that cover the production and distribution of energy, agriculture, banking and finance, transport and telecommunications, etc. Successful monitoring and control of these resources are widely implemented globally through the SCADA system service. The priority given to the robustness and operability of SCADA services often results in an insufficient level of security and network security problems, which will be addressed in this paper.