• Convergence Security Journal
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• v.19 no.5
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• pp.55-61
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• 2019

This paper studied security measures to protect the SCADA network from the increasingly sophisticated threats. Currently, SCADA system security uses methods that are almost like regular IT security systems. While there may be some common security techniques, security techniques are needed only for SCADA systems that are different from typical IT systems. Therefore, this paper will explore the security techniques currently used in SCADA systems, and the problems that arise when the current security techniques are used will be identified through the damage cases resulting from attacks in SCADA systems. Finally, as a new solution to ensure the availability and integrity required for current SCADA systems, we proposed linking Blockchain and SCADA systems.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2008.07a
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• pp.1861-1862
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• 2008

전력계통 SCADA시스템은 그 목적상 실시간의 대규모 측정정보 취득을 목적으로 한다. 취득정보는 RTU(Remote Terminal Unit)를 통해서 SCADA시스템에 전해진 후, 필요에 따라 상위 시스템으로 다시 전송된다. 이때 RTU에서 SCADA 시스템에 취득 포인트 정보는 DNP(Distribute Network Protocol) 프로토콜을 이용해서 전송하며, RTU는 측정값의 변동에 상관없이 데이터를 SCADA 시스템에 전송한다. SCADA 시스템을 구축하기 위해서는 우선 RTU에 감시 선로 정보를 입력하고 이 정보를 다시 SCADA 시스템의 DB에 포인트 정보와 매핑을 수행해야한다. 따라서 SCADA 시스템을 구축하는데 비용과 시간이 많이 소요되고 운영 시에는 불필요한 데이터 요청과 응답이 발생하여 네트워크 트래픽을 유발한다. IEC에서 제안하는 GID 표준인터페이스를 사용할 경우에는 좀더 효과적인 데이터 교환이 가능하다. 본 논문은 GID 표준인터페이스를 이용한 효과적인 SCADA 메시지 교환에 관해 기술하였다.

• Information and Communications Magazine
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• v.34 no.5
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• pp.36-43
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• 2017

국가 및 사회 기반 시설의 제어를 하는 컴퓨터 시스템을 SCADA(Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition)이라 한다. 대부분의 SCADA 시스템은 과거 폐쇄망과 비공개 통신프로토콜을 사용하기 때문에 비교적 안전하다고 고려되어 시스템보안 및 침해사고 대응 강화는 등한시 되었던 것이 사실이다. 하지만 최근 발생되고 있는SCADA 시스템의 침해사고들은 SCADA 시스템들이 보안위협에 노출되어있음을 의미하며 통신기술이 발전함에 따라 무선통신을 사용하는 SCADA 시스템의 통신망을 통한 불법적인 접근경로는 더욱더 확대될 수 있다. SCADA 시스템은 국가 및 사회 기반 시설의 제어를 담당하는 시스템이기 때문에 침해사고 발생시 심각한 문제가 초래될 수 있기 때문에 관련 보안기술 및 정책 연구가 필요하다. 본 고에서는 이를 위해 SCADA 시스템의 구조 및 발전 단계를 소개하여 전반적인 시스템 이해를 돕는다. 또한 무선통신 기반 SCADA 시스템의 공격 기법을 소개하고 최근 몇 년간 발생한 보안위협 사례와 관련 연구 동향을 분석한다.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information Security & Cryptology
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• v.19 no.6
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• pp.145-152
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• 2009

SCADA(Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition) systems are widely used for control and monitoring of critical infrastructures including electricity, gas and transportation. Any compromise in the security of SCADA systems could result in massive chaos and disaster at a national level if a malicious attacker takes the control of the system. Therefore, sound countermeasures must be provided when the SCADA systems are being developed as well as when they are being operated. Unlike general information processing system, SCADA systems have different service responses, communication protocols and network architectures and therefore a different approach should be applied to each SCADA systems that takes into consideration of each system's security characteristics and architectures. In addition, legal basis should be established to ensure the nationwide management of the systems security. This paper examines the vulnerabilites of SCADA systems and proposes action plans to protect the systems against cyber attacks.

• KIPS Transactions on Computer and Communication Systems
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• v.1 no.3
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• pp.161-170
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• 2012

In recent years, many researchers and developers have been interested in renewable energy all over the world. Particularly, the development of wind power is being processed actively due to its high economic efficiency. A few years ago, Korean government has started the research for building a large-scale offshore wind farm in domestic west-southern area. Current domestic SCADA technology level for operating wind farm is very low compared with foreign SCADA technology level. In this paper, we found IT issues and solutions for developing SCADA system. Based on these solutions, we designed SCADA system for a large-scale offshore wind farm.

• The KIPS Transactions:PartC
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• v.16C no.1
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• pp.37-50
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• 2009

The SCADA(Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition) system is a control system for infrastructure of nation. In the past, the SCADA system was designed without security function because of its closed operating environment. However, the security of the SCADA system has become an issue with connection to the open network caused by improved technology. In this paper we review the constraints and security requirements for SCADA system and propose advanced key management architecture for secure SCADA communications. The contributions of the present work are that our scheme support both message broadcasting and secure communications, while the existing key management schemes for SCADA system don't support message broadcasting. Moreover, by evenly spreading much of the total amount of computation across high power nodes (MTU or SUB-MTU), our protocol avoids any potential performance bottleneck of the system while keeping the burden on low power (RTU) nodes at minimal.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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• v.24 no.4
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• pp.50-56
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• 2010

Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition Systems (SCADAs) is real-time monitor and control systems. SCADA systems are used to monitor or control chemical and transportation processes, in municipal water supply systems, electric power generation, transmission and distribution, gas and oil pipelines, and other distributed processes. SCADA refers to a large-scale distributed system. The supervisory control system is placed on top of a real time control system to control external processes. Emerging security technologies and security devices are decreasing the vulnerability of the power system against cyber threats. Dealing with these threats and analyzing vulnerabilities is an important task for equipment such as RTU, IED and FEP. To reduce such risks, we develop such a SCADA testbed. This paper presents the development of a testbed designed to assess the vulnerabilities SCADA networks(including serial communication).

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information Security & Cryptology
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• v.22 no.2
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• pp.267-281
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• 2012

SCADA system is a computer system that monitors and controls the national infrastructure or industrial process including transportation facilities, water treatment and distribution, electrical power transmission and distribution, and gas pipelines. The SCADA system has been operated in a closed network, but it changes to open network as information and communication technology is developed rapidly. As the way of connecting with outside user extends, the possibility of exploitation of vulnerability of SCADA system gets high. The methodology to protect the possible huge damage caused by malicious user should be developed. In this paper, we proposed anomaly detection based intrusion detection methodology by estimating self-similarity of SCADA system.

• Convergence Security Journal
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• v.6 no.4
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• pp.153-160
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• 2006

The control system is accomplishing very important role in our life currently as the national critical Infrastructure and large scale industry plant. We manage SCADA system to manage generally the control system interconnected with the information system. The operating system of SCADA is changing also to the well-known OS like Windows or UNIX for offer various convenience and facility to the user. We offered the reason why such change of the system makes so that it is exposed to cyber terror. In the traditional SCADA system is managed safely by an isolated network system physically. It is the trend to increase gradually though a cyber terror possibility is thinner on a control system than a information system but the cyber terror gives a nation or community wide damage influence of large scale if it happens. Therefore this paper presents a security safeguard plan about SCADA system and helps prepare systematic security strategy and enhance the security level implement.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.18 no.8
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• pp.102-108
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• 2018

The existing data transmission technology applied between the non-secure external internet and the secure internal business network has various problems when applied to the building facility management SCADA system control network. Traditional inter-network data transfer technologies involve high complexity and high costs because blacklist-based security techniques are applied to all data. However, whitelist-based security techniques can be applied to data distributed in Building Facility Management SCADA control systems because a small number of structured control data are repeatable and periodic. This simplifies the security technology applied to inter-network data transmission, enabling building facility management SCADA system control network deployment at low cost. In this paper, we proposed building control networks specialized in building facility management SCADA control systems by providing solutions to address and address these problems.