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The year 2016 has come to an end and once again we have witnessed an increase in the number of vulnerabilities published affecting control systems. Fortunately, companies are making greater efforts to prevent attacks and mitigate risks. The scenario for 2017 is similar to that of the past year.

Like a déjà vu, this year Ukraine might have suffered a new cyber-attack on an electrical substation. The relevant details are being analysed by different bodies to determine whether it was a planned cyber-attack.

The asset inventory is one of the key tools used to be able to adequately protect control systems and is necessary for other security measures such as risk analysis, network segmentation or patching and updating.

When carrying a forensic analysis for mobile device , bearing in mind first and foremost the phases of acquisition and analysis of the evidence, it is necessary to know a wide range of methods, techniques and tools as well as the criteria necessary for being able to evaluate the suitability of using one versus another.

Applications forming control systems were traditionally supplied by the vendors themselves and a few exclusive distributors in the sector. The rise of open source software in corporate environments is also coming to control systems, but to what extent?

Industry 4.0 is a state of development in the management and organisation of the entire value chain process in the manufacturing industry. This article examines the relationship between cybersecurity for industry 4.0 and the challenges that lie ahead for it in advanced manufacturing.

Control system standards are being updated in order to support and regulate emerging features in these environments. One of the most consulted standards and used as an example in industrial control systems, the ISA99, has also evolved into the IEC 62443 thanks to the International Electrotechnical Commission.

Technological development over time has not been irrelevant to the industrial sector. The latter has evolved in terms of hardware, software and communications, providing industry sectors with greater support and facilitating production in companies. In this article, we will focus on the evolution of software characteristics in industrial control systems.   - Evolución Software - We will begin...

The worlds of IT (Information Technology) and OT (Operational Technology) have traditionally remained independent of each other, but this really should not be the case given that nowadays both areas needs are becoming more and more similar. The needs and problems they have are becoming more and more alike and the experience each area boasts should be made available to the other. -...