ICS systems are very critical, and if the control of them were to be placed into the wrong hands, a disastrous situation could occur. Just imagine a situation where ICS control for a gas line was hacked by a malicious actor—denial of service is not the only thing we could expect; damage to some SCADA systems could even lead to loss of life. You might have seen the movie Die Hard 4.0, in which the hackers redirecting the gas lines to the particular station look cool, and traffic chaos seems like a source of fun. However, in reality, when a situation like this arises, it will cause severe damage to property and can cause loss of life.
As we have seen in the past, with the advent of the Stuxnet worm, the conversation ...
