Initial investigation of Industrial Control System (ICS) security using Artificial Immune System (AIS)

Author

Bere, Mercy ; Muyingi, Hippolyte

Author_Institution

Comput. Sci. Polytech. of Namibia, Windhoek, Namibia

fYear

2015

fDate

17-20 May 2015

Firstpage

79

Lastpage

84

Abstract

Industrial Control Systems (ICS) which among others are comprised of Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) and Distributed Control Systems (DCS) are used to control industrial processes. ICS have now been connected to other Information Technology (IT) systems and have as a result become vulnerable to Advanced Persistent Threats (APT). APTs are targeted attacks that use zero-day attacks to attack systems. Current ICS security mechanisms fail to deter APTs from infiltrating ICS. An analysis of possible solutions to deter APTs was done. This paper proposes the use of Artificial Immune Systems to secure ICS from APTs.

Keywords

SCADA systems; artificial immune systems; computer crime; control engineering computing; distributed control; industrial control; production engineering computing; AIS; APT; DCS; ICS security; IT systems; SCADA; advanced persistent threats; artificial immune system; distributed control systems; industrial control system; industrial processes control; information yechnology systems; supervisory control and data acquisition; targeted attacks; zero-day attacks; Control systems; Immune system; Intrusion detection; Microorganisms; Process control; Standards; advanced persistent threat; artificial immune system; industrial control system; security systems;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Emerging Trends in Networks and Computer Communications (ETNCC), 2015 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Windhoek

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-7706-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ETNCC.2015.7184812

Filename

7184812