Chapter 1: Introduction and Recap of First Edition
Welcome to the second edition of Industrial Cybersecurity. Over the next 24 chapters, we will discuss the next logical steps after building a secure Industrial Control System (ICS) environment and defining a comprehensive set of policies, procedures, and standards, discussed in detail in the first edition.
We are going to start off this second edition with a brief recap of topics and material that were covered in the first edition of Industrial Cybersecurity. This has mainly been added to get you up to speed with the terminologies, technologies, and principles that are expanded upon throughout the rest of this book. The remainder of the book concentrates on security monitoring and verification of the ICS security posture and the various tools, techniques, and activities involved.
This chapter will be a review of the first edition of this book. We will go over all the topics and material that were covered in the first edition, which should give you a solid base for the topics covered in this book. The chapter will conclude with an explanation of what to expect in the rest of this second-edition book.
In this chapter, we'll cover the following topics:
- What is an ICS?
- Information Technology (IT) and Operational Technology (OT) convergence and the associated benefits and risks
- The comprehensive risk management process
- The Defense-in-Depth (DiD) model
- ICS security program development