NIST SP 800-137

SCADA attacks are on the rise, according to the 2015 Dell Security Annual Threat Report released this week. The report found that in 2014 the number of attacks on Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems doubled compared to the previous year. Most of these attacks occurred in Finland, the United Kingdom, and the United States, probably due to the fact that in these countries SCADA systems are more likely to be connected to the Internet.

‘Since companies are only required to report data breaches that involve personal or payment information, SCADA attacks often go unreported,’ said Patrick Sweeney, executive director, Dell Security. ‘This lack of information sharing combined with an aging industrial machinery infrastructure presents huge security challenges that will to continue to grow in the coming months and years.’