An Implementation of SCADA Network Security Testbed
This addresses security concerns in industrial infrastructure for SCADA networks, but it is incremental as it builds on existing protocols and emulation methods.
The project implemented a software emulation testbed for SCADA network security research, focusing on a typical tank system using Modbus protocol, and included attack and defense toolkits to emulate threats and protections.
The security of industrial network has become an increasing concern in industry infrastructure operation. Motivated by on-going collaborations with Fortinet Corp., a security company, this project implements a testbed for supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) network security research by software emulation. Concepts about SCADA and Modbus protocol are reviewed in the report. Besides Modbus, vulnerabilities about several other industrial protocols are also studied for this project. In this report, a typical tank system following Modbus protocol is built as a testbed. Both attack and defense toolkits are introduced to emulate the attack and protection of the Modbus network. The emulation platform is also capable of entrapping hackers and gathering their activity data.