Κυβερνοαπειλές και τεχνικές κυβερνοεπιθέσεων σε βιομηχανικά συστήματα ελέγχου
Cyberthreats and cyber attack techniques for industrial control systems
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ICS ; Industrial control systems ; Βιομηχανικά συστήματα ελέγχουAbstract
Industrial control systems are part of every country's basic infrastructure. The standard power plant or installation is packed with Internet-connected systems and computer-controlled controllers. These devices are also connected with other electronic systems that are part of the control process. This creates a complex connected ecosystem that due to the existence of vulnerable devices is exposed to cyber intruders. The attackers can be autonomous operators, part of larger organized crime teams, nation states or even terrorist organizations. Some attackers are interested in taking control of the production process so that they can extort money for financial gain. Other attackers focus on intellectual property theft. Finally, there are attackers who want to make an attack in an attempt to destroy critical infrastructure and inflict bodily harm on the staff that is close to these attacks. The purpose of this thesis is to study the issue of cyber attacks and threats of industrial control systems and to analyze the mechanisms for their protection, as presented by the modern literature. The work is structured in six chapters, through which, first the overview of the industrial control systems is presented, then the cyber attacks on the industrial control systems are carried out, as well as the cyber threats from which they are endangered. Finally, the mechanisms for the protection of industrial control systems are presented, while at the end the conclusions of the whole work are described, too.