Safeguarding Australia from Cyber-Terrorism: A SCADA Risk Framework

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Author(s): Christopher Beggs (Security Infrastructure Solutions, Australia)and Matthew Warren (Deakin University, Australia)
Copyright: 2012
Pages: 16
Source title: Strategic and Practical Approaches for Information Security Governance: Technologies and Applied Solutions
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Manish Gupta (State University of New York at Buffalo, USA), John Walp (M&T Bank Corporation, USA)and Raj Sharman (State University of New York, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-0197-0.ch021

Keywords: Information Science Reference / Information Security & Privacy / IT Security and Ethics / Security & Forensics

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Terrorist groups are currently using information and communication technologies (ICTs) to orchestrate their conventional attacks. More recently, terrorists have been developing a new form of capability within the cyber-arena to coordinate cyber-based attacks. This chapter identifies that cyber-terrorism capabilities are an integral, imperative, yet under-researched component in establishing, and enhancing cyber-terrorism risk assessment models for SCADA systems. This chapter examines a cyber-terrorism SCADA risk framework that has been adopted and validated by SCADA industry practitioners. The chapter proposes a high level managerial framework, which is designed to measure and protect SCADA systems from the threat of cyber-terrorism within Australia. The findings and results of an industry focus group are presented in support of the developed framework for SCADA industry acceptance.

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