SCADA Cybersecurity Education from a Curriculum and Instruction Perspective

摘要

Concerns over the cybersecurity risks associated with Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) components used to manage significant utility infrastructures have continued to rise. Educational institutions have been called upon to prepare a workforce that is sensitive to such concerns and able to effectively address them. Recognition of the absence of a consistent approach by such institutions to provide such education served as the impetus for this study. The aim of this study was to elucidate the role of SCADA in curriculum standards relating to cybersecurity, provide examples of SCADA instructional approaches, and offer recommendations as to which may work best in a typical public undergraduate university setting. The purpose of this paper is to share approaches and recommendations for addressing SCADA cybersecurity education from a curriculum and instruction perspective.