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Information Technology (IT) Security for Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) Systems

Overview This paper discusses in detail those laws and strategies of cyber-security in regards with homeland security, as well as the fifteen significant "players" or agencies that have an impact on the security of critical infrastructures. It concludes with an action plan that was focused on two pieces or policies: the "Security Capabilities Profile for Industrial Control Systems" that the Process Control Security Requirements Forum (PCSRF) is working on and the DOE's "21 Steps to Improve Cyber Security of SCADA Networks."

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Publisher	University of Dallas	File Format	PDF, requires Acrobat Rdr 5
Date Published	June 2003	Downloads	9
Format	White Papers
Topics	Physical Infrastructure Protection, Cyber Security

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