CYBER ATTACKS ON INDUSTRIAL CONTROL SYSTEMS

Despite the increase in the overall number of security incidents, attacks on industrial control systems represent only a small fraction of them. It is common to confuse security incidents at critical infrastructure or manufacturing companies that involved ICT systems or took place outside of cyberspace with attacks that directly targeted industrial control system components. In this article, the author analyzes whether such confusion is justified and presents a closer look at the nature of industrial control systems attacks.