Chapter 2: A Modern Look at the Industrial Control System Architecture
This chapter provides a modern view of the Industrial Control System (ICS) network architecture design and how this fits in with industrial cybersecurity. The ICS network architecture discussion is held around my personal approach to designing plant-wide architectures, since I now have a few more years of experience under my belt since the first edition of this book. I have added new concepts, techniques, and best practices that have evolved in the various industrial areas.
Throughout this chapter, you will learn about the tools, techniques, and methodologies that can help us understand and implement proper industrial network architecture design. This chapter merely provides an overview of these topics; later chapters will go into detail on the relevant topics.
In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:
- Why proper architecture matters
- Industrial control system architecture overview ...