Experimental Physics and
Industrial Control System

Gedare Bloom via Tech-talk <tech-talk at aps.anl.gov> · Wed, 25 Jan 2023 08:41:01 -0700

Some folks have expressed an interest in this talk. It was recorded
and is publicly available at: https://youtu.be/KBc81L2Ze78

Slides are here: https://hdl.handle.net/2142/117092

-Gedare

On Fri, Jan 20, 2023 at 11:28 AM Gedare Bloom <gedare at rtems.org> wrote:
>
> I'll be presenting a webinar on Monday with relevance to EPICS:
> Improving the Security of Open-Source Software Infrastructure, January
> 23rd at 11am (Eastern).
>
> The registration link is
> https://iu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_GfwBRfg-Tx2a9STWuZVPNg
>
> It will also be recorded.
>
> Abstract:
>
> Remote monitoring and control of industrial control systems are
> protected using firewalls and user passwords. Cyberattacks that get
> past firewalls have unfettered access to command industrial control
> systems with potential to harm digital assets, environmental
> resources, and humans in proximity to the compromised system. In this
> talk, I will discuss our approach to prevent and mitigate such harms
> in scientific industrial control systems by enhancing the security of
> open-source cyberinfrastructure: the open-source Real-Time Executive
> for Multiprocessor Systems (RTEMS) real-time operating system and the
> Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System (EPICS) software
> and networks. The RTEMS and EPICS software projects are widely used
> cyberinfrastructure for controlling scientific instruments. This talk
> will discuss security problems that we have explored with these
> communities, and examine the salient challenges and opportunities
> presented by working with open-source communities on their
> cybersecurity needs.
>
> -Gedare