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Title: Cyber Security Vulnerability Impact on I&C Reliability

Conference ·
OSTI ID:920553

We present a discussion of the cyber security vulnerability impact on instrument and control reliability. In the discussion we demonstrate the likely vector of attack and vulnerabilities associated with commodity hardware, protocols and communication media. The current fleet of nuclear power plants in the United States utilizes aging analog instrument and control systems which are more frequently suffering from obsolescence and failure. The commodity equipment available now and in the near future incorporates features from information technology systems which compound cyber vulnerabilities.

Research Organization:
Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-76RL01830
OSTI ID:
920553
Report Number(s):
PNNL-SA-52087; 830403000; TRN: US0805494
Resource Relation:
Conference: 5th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Plant Instrumentation Control and Human Machine Interface Technology (NPIC&HMIT 2006), November 12-16, 2006, Albuquerque, NM, 556-559
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English