Author
J. Chris Foreman, James H. Graham, Jeffrey L. Hieb, Rammohan K. Ragade
Abstract
Cyber-security has been a topic of interest for several decades, and much work has been done in this area. Historically, industrial control systems (ICS) have been an island, both figuratively and literally, as they have utilized closed, proprietary systems air-gapped from the outside world. As these systems are now being incorporated into the corporate Wide Area Network (WAN) and subsequently exposed to the Internet at large, they are now at risk for cyber attack. The educational arena is still considerably lacking in producing new professionals or training existing ones to combat this new threat. As ICS are often in control of critical infrastructure, they are increasingly becoming targets of terroristic cyber attacks. A discussion of the educational deficits and a proposed solution is presented with sample modules and a class evaluation.
