Quantifying Availability in SCADA Environments Using the Cyber Security Metric MFC

Conference · Tue Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 2013

OSTI ID:1136813

Aissa, Anis Ben ^[1]; Rabai, Latifa Ben Arfa ^[2]; Abercrombie, Robert K ^[3]; Sheldon, Frederick T ^[3]; Mili, Ali ^[4]

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1. Université de Tunis El Manar, Tunisia
2. Université de Tunis, Tunisia
3. ORNL
4. New Jersey Insitute of Technology

Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems are distributed networks dispersed over large geographic areas that aim to monitor and control industrial processes from remote areas and/or a centralized location. They are used in the management of critical infrastructures such as electric power generation, transmission and distribution, water and sewage, manufacturing/industrial manufacturing as well as oil and gas production. The availability of SCADA systems is tantamount to assuring safety, security and profitability. SCADA systems are the backbone of the national cyber-physical critical infrastructure. Herein, we explore the definition and quantification of an econometric measure of availability, as it applies to SCADA systems; our metric is a specialization of the generic measure of mean failure cost.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
• Sponsoring Organization: ORNL work for others
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-00OR22725
• OSTI ID: 1136813
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

AVAILABILITY
Availability
Dependability
ECONOMICS
Economics
MFC
Mean Failure Cost
Measurement
RELIABILITY
Reliability
SCADA
SECURITY
Security
Security Measures
Security Requirements
Threats