Cyberattack Vectors

The concept of Cyber-security in the area of industry in general is connected with the proper identification and definition of all kinds of possible attacks on industrial infrastructure and in particular it concerns the area of OT (Operation Technology).

In this entry, we would like to introduce you to the risks and methods of monitoring potential risks, as well as to point out the places in the OT area in the segments of industrial automation networks that are particularly vulnerable to these risks.

In today’s publication we will present potential cyber-attack vectors for industrial automation network segments where information and process data exchange takes place on serial buses.

Serial buses in the RS-232, RS-422, RS-485 standards were among the first to be used in industrial automation. Below on the block diagram we can see one of the possible configurations related to the above mentioned buses