EKS Penetration Test
Industrial Control Systems (SCADA) are built as stand-alone systems that are not interconnected and have little security measures. The Internet and its ubiquitous Internet protocol networks have changed the design of many ICS and made ICS a protected extension of the corporate network.
This means that sensitive ICS can be accessed from the internet by malicious people. A cybersecurity assessment on ICS helps an attacker identify vulnerabilities that could cause the system to malfunction or gain control over the system.
EKS, ICS, SCADA Penetration Test
Because of the significant differences between an ICS cybersecurity assessment and testing that would be performed in a standard corporate environment, many considerations must be taken into account. Various tools used in standard IT systems can cause serious hazards (service crash or unresponsiveness) to ICS.
When security tools such as scanners are run on the network, they can cause ICSs to malfunction or stop altogether. For these reasons, corporate officials and consultants should perform security audits on a backup or inactive ICS whenever possible, considering the potential effects of performing testing on a production system. As the advantages and disadvantages of various alternative vulnerability testing methods for ICSs are also considered, the tests can be tailored to the ICS features and the needs of the organization.
An ICS cybersecurity assessment differs significantly from an IT penetration test, although there are similarities in the tools and methods used. Some of these differences have to do with the purposes, focus, and impact of tests.
EKS, ICS, SCADA Penetration Tests
A standard penetration test focuses on the corporate IT environment and vulnerabilities in open applications that can be accessed by an attacker in an ordinary unauthorized user profile over the Internet. Online penetration testing is rarely a part of ICS penetration testing. ICS/OT systems are positioned as isolated from the IT and internet environment as possible. The protocols used in ICSs differ from general IT protocols. Firms selling products on ICSs use proprietary protocols for inter-process communication. However, since some protocols used for ICS are built on the TCP protocol, it is known that TCP ports are also open to access in some cases. These protocols have been developed without prioritizing security, assuming that ICSs are isolated from IT requests and the internet environment.