Secure VM for monitoring industrial process controllers

Authors

Dipankar Dasgupta, University of MemphisFollow
Mohd Hassan Ali, University of MemphisFollow
Robert Abercrombie, Oak Ridge National LaboratoryFollow
Bob Schlicher, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Frederick Sheldon, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Marco Carvalho, Florida Institute for Human & Machine CognitionFollow

Abstract

The biological immune system is distributed in nature and provides a rich metaphor for its artificial counterpart. Our research focuses on immunological metaphors for information gathering, analysis, decision making and deployment of attack responses. In particular, we are interested in the detection and prevention of malware which affect Industrial Process Control (IPC) systems such as SCADA (Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition). This paper describes an on-going research effort to include a secure VM (or a dedicated host) to the SCADA Network to monitor process behavior and all software updates. Copyright 2011 ACM.

Publication Title

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Recommended Citation

Dasgupta, D., Ali, M., Abercrombie, R., Schlicher, B., Sheldon, F., & Carvalho, M. (2011). Secure VM for monitoring industrial process controllers. ACM International Conference Proceeding Series https://doi.org/10.1145/2179298.2179341