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Improving security in SCADA systems through firewall policy analysis

RYŠAVÝ, O.; RÁB, J.; ŠVÉDA, M. Improving security in SCADA systems through firewall policy analysis. Proceedings of the Federated Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems. Krakow: IEEE Computer Society, 2013. p. 1435-1440. ISBN: 978-1-4673-4471-5.
Czech title
Zvýšení bezpečnosti SCADA systémů pomocí analýzy filtrovacích pravidel firewalů
Type
conference paper
Language
English
Authors
Ryšavý Ondřej, doc. Ing., Ph.D. (DIFS)
Ráb Jaroslav, Ing.
Švéda Miroslav, prof. Ing., CSc. (UTKO)
Keywords

SCADA, network firewalls, network security, network policy, SAT/SMT, firewall rule based analysis

Abstract

Many of modern SCADA networks are connected to both the company's enterprise network and the Internet. Because these industrial systems often control critical processes the cyber- security requirements become a priority for their design. This paper deals with network communication security in SCADA environment implemented by firewall devices. We proposed a method for verification of firewall configurations against security policy to detect and reveal potential holes in implemented rule sets. We present a straightforward verification method based on representation of a firewall configuration as a set of logical formulas suitable for automated analysis using SAT tools. We demonstrate how such configuration can be analyzed for security policy violation that can be inferred from security policy specification of an industrial automation system. 

Published
2013
Pages
1435–1440
Proceedings
Proceedings of the Federated Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems
ISBN
978-1-4673-4471-5
Publisher
IEEE Computer Society
Place
Krakow
BibTeX 
@inproceedings{BUT103524,
  author="Ondřej {Ryšavý} and Jaroslav {Ráb} and Miroslav {Švéda}",
  title="Improving security in SCADA systems through firewall policy analysis",
  booktitle="Proceedings of the Federated Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems",
  year="2013",
  pages="1435--1440",
  publisher="IEEE Computer Society",
  address="Krakow",
  isbn="978-1-4673-4471-5",
  url="https://www.fit.vut.cz/research/publication/10382/"
}
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