1. Background In early 2020, the US Department of Defense (DOD) released the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Classification (CMMC). On average, the USA loses USD 600 billion a year to adversaries in the cyberspace. Currently, the DOD has about 300,000 contractors, covering a variety of fields from hypersonic weapons to leather...
Tag: ICS Security
Non-negligible ICS Security Risks — Device Simulator Security
Background To facilitate debugging and analysis by developers, a lot of master computer configuration software often comes with a simulator that simulates a real programmable logic controller (PLC) or human-machine interface (HMI) device. Such simulators exchange data with master computer configuration software through TCP/IP and therefore some will listen on...

