Summary

In this chapter, we went over what an Industrial control system is, what it does, and what parts make up an ICS. You learned about some of the common communication protocols and media used to interconnect the parts of an ICS. In the next chapter, we will start looking at some vulnerabilities and weaknesses of ICSes and, more specifically, the communication protocols in use.

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