This paper examines the separation and convergence of good practice where the process control and safety domains intersect. There are a number of initiatives developing new guidance in this area.

Chapter Contents:

• 1 Introduction
• 2 Industrial Automation and Control System security
• 3 Increased risk with the integration of safety systems and control systems
• A Increased integration introduces increased risk
• B Default configurations are insecure
• C Defence-in-depth reduces risk
• D Vendor guidance is required for secure implementations
• 4 Reducing the risk: countermeasures for safety systems
• 5 Towards a common understanding
• 6 Conclusion
• 7 References

Inspec keywords: security of data

Other keywords: process safety; process control; functional safety; cyber security convergence

Subjects: Data security