Cyber Security Risk Management in the SCADA Critical Infrastructure Environment

Engineering managers are responsible for ensuring the safe, efficient, and effective operation of process control systems which monitor and control the nations critical infrastructures. These systems are subject to increasing risks based on technology vulnerabilities, cyber-threats, and system consequences. Critical infrastructure cyber-threats are expanding at a rapid rate and pose new challenges to the engineering manager's role. This-paper presents a short historical view of the risks, types of systems which are involved, and additional information from which the engineering manager may use to make informed decisions on how to develop and maintain a robust process control system in regards to the cyber-threat envelope.