There are many ways a plant process and a control system can be attacked, disrupting production and causing equipment damage or more severe consequences. This whitepaper will focus on reducing the probability of attacks to the control system by persons inside or outside the customer organization, who deliberately attempt to 1) improperly manipulate the system, 2) cause the system to malfunction in some manner, or 3) disrupt the proper behavior of the control system.
This whitepaper outlines the system philosophy, guidelines and rules for providing cyber-security to the DeltaV digital automation system. This document covers the DeltaV overall cyber-security policy and provides information on the handling of specific aspects of system cyber-security. For a detailed list of security best practices for a DeltaV automation system, please see the whitepaper “Best Practices for DeltaV Cyber-Security.”