Research Article
A Preliminary Study of a Wireless Process Control Network Using Emulation Testbeds
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-642-16644-0_24, author={Michele Guglielmi and Igor Nai and Andres Perez-Garcia and Christos Siaterlis}, title={A Preliminary Study of a Wireless Process Control Network Using Emulation Testbeds}, proceedings={Mobile Lightweight Wireless Systems. Second International ICST Conference, MOBILIGHT 2010, Barcelona, Spain, May 10-12, 2010, Revised Selected Papers}, proceedings_a={MOBILIGHT}, year={2012}, month={10}, keywords={Critical Infrastructures SCADA emulation resilience}, doi={10.1007/978-3-642-16644-0_24} }- Michele Guglielmi
Igor Nai
Andres Perez-Garcia
Christos Siaterlis
Year: 2012
A Preliminary Study of a Wireless Process Control Network Using Emulation Testbeds
MOBILIGHT
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-16644-0_24
Abstract
The increasing dependence of Critical Infrastructures (CI) from Information and Communication Technologies might encompass significant risks to our society. Experimentation with CI before introducing a new technology has always been difficult mainly because the architecture complexity, the inability to conduct experiments within a mission critical environment as well as the lack of specialized tools for recreating a CI. In this paper we present the first results of a study that was conducted in a specialized environment for experimenting with CI. We propose the use of an emulation testbed (Emulab driven) along with SCADA-aware components in order to recreate a typical Process Control Network (PCN). We present here experimental results of the risks that operators might face while installing Wi-Fi access technologies within a PCN. This work is indicative of the approach, that operators could follow, to measure, understand and minimize undesirable consequences to the resilience of a CI.