Accession Number:

AD1058716

Title:

SCADA Testbed for Security and Forensics Research

Descriptive Note:

[Technical Report, Final Report]

Corporate Author:

University of New Orleans

Personal Author(s):

• Ahmed, Irfan
• Roussev, Vassil
• Richard, Golden G. III

Report Date:

2017-01-26

Pagination or Media Count:

27

Abstract:

This report presents a supervisory control and data acquisition SCADA testbed recently built at the University of New Orleans. The testbed consists of models of three industrial physical processes a gas pipeline, a power transmission and distribution system, and a wastewater treatment plantthese systems are functional and implemented at small-scale. It utilizes real-world industrial equipment such as transformers, programmable logic controllers PLC, aerators, etc., bringing it closer to modeling real-world SCADA systems. Sensors, actuators, and PLCs are deployed at each physical process system for local control and monitoring, and the PLCs are also connected to a computer running human-machine interface HMI software for monitoring the status of the physical processes. The testbed is a useful resource for cybersecurity research, forensic research, and research-related education on different aspects of SCADA systems such as PLC programming, protocol analysis, and demonstration of cyber attacks

Descriptors:

• computer programming
• computers
• control systems
• internet of things
• air compressors
• cybersecurity
• power distribution
• simulators
• cyberattacks
• industrial equipment
• load monitoring
• power supplies
• solenoid valves
• supervisory control
• transducers
• circuit breakers
• compressors
• data acquisition
• electrical grids
• simulations

Subject Categories:

• Test Facilities, Equipment and Methods

Distribution Statement:

[A, Approved For Public Release]