A Laboratory-Scale Canal SCADA System Testbed for Cybersecurity Research

This paper describes a testbed that features opensource software and functioning physical processes to model contemporary control systems found in a hydroelectric dam and canal configuration intended for conveying water to farmland. Didactic descriptions of the testbed intend to provide researchers a replicable tool in cybersecurity in critical infrastructure in the Food and Agricultural Sector. Captured network telemetry metrics in addition to network traffic in data logs provide potential insight for training adaptable machine learning models. Use cases in attack scenarios, data logging, and vulnerability assessment illustrate the pragmatic utility of a high-fidelity cyber testbed.