A quarterly research and development magazine.Winter 2006/2007
Volume 8, No. 4
“Current control system operators have limited situational awareness,” he said. “In LOGIIC, industry leaders chose to focus the partnership team’s initial work on addressing their concern that control networks aren’t monitored for cyber intrusions as is routinely done on business networks. Without monitoring, it’s difficult to detect cyber adversaries, who might be attempting to compromise critical system components.
To test LOGIIC’s monitoring capabilities, Sandia researchers came up with five vulnerability scenarios based on cyber compromises commonly used in the hacker community. Ray Parks, who led the development of the scenarios, used his background as a member of Sandia’s cyber red team, which has performed numerous vulnerability assessments of oil and gas and other critical infrastructure facilities. LOGIIC included experts in homeland security, oil and gas, security research, security technology, and process control technology.
Project results were shared this fall at the LOGIIC Summit in Houston, Texas. The meeting showcased results and promoted the partnership model as a template for future public-private partnerships to improve infrastructure security. A field test of the LOGIIC solution is planned.