An Abbreviated History of Automation & Industrial Controls Systems and Cybersecurity

Аннотация

Automation and Industrial Control Systems – often referred to as ICS – have an interesting and fairly long history. Today it’s quite common to see discussions of industrial controls paired cyber/physical security; however, that’s a relatively recent phenomenon. This paper will cover some of the history and evolution of today’s control systems and provide an accounting of how cybersecurity emerged as a significant concern to their reliability and predictability.