Title :
Initial investigation of Industrial Control System (ICS) security using Artificial Immune System (AIS)
Author :
Bere, Mercy ; Muyingi, Hippolyte
Author_Institution :
Comput. Sci. Polytech. of Namibia, Windhoek, Namibia
Abstract :
Industrial Control Systems (ICS) which among others are comprised of Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) and Distributed Control Systems (DCS) are used to control industrial processes. ICS have now been connected to other Information Technology (IT) systems and have as a result become vulnerable to Advanced Persistent Threats (APT). APTs are targeted attacks that use zero-day attacks to attack systems. Current ICS security mechanisms fail to deter APTs from infiltrating ICS. An analysis of possible solutions to deter APTs was done. This paper proposes the use of Artificial Immune Systems to secure ICS from APTs.
Keywords :
SCADA systems; artificial immune systems; computer crime; control engineering computing; distributed control; industrial control; production engineering computing; AIS; APT; DCS; ICS security; IT systems; SCADA; advanced persistent threats; artificial immune system; distributed control systems; industrial control system; industrial processes control; information yechnology systems; supervisory control and data acquisition; targeted attacks; zero-day attacks; Control systems; Immune system; Intrusion detection; Microorganisms; Process control; Standards; advanced persistent threat; artificial immune system; industrial control system; security systems;
Conference_Titel :
Emerging Trends in Networks and Computer Communications (ETNCC), 2015 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Windhoek
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-7706-2
DOI :
10.1109/ETNCC.2015.7184812
