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U.S. makes securing SCADA systems a priority
Robert Lemos, SecurityFocus 2005-10-28

Wary of the increasing number of online attacks against industrial control systems, the U.S. government has begun a major push to secure the systems used to control and monitor critical infrastructure, such as power, utility and transportation networks.

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U.S. makes securing SCADA systems a priority 2005-11-03
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NERC Standards CIP-002 thru CIP-009 are cybersecurity standards. Ther are still under development, but the original work started in 2002 - years before the legislation passed. The work is being done voluntarily by industry in order to prevent potential cyber problems of all kinds, not just SCADA. It...

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