You Cannot Secure What You Cannot See: Three Considerations for Your ICS Cybersecurity Strategy

摘要

It is an age old question. Are we alone in the universe? If not, then have aliens visited our planet? With the ubiquity of cell phone cameras, CCTV, and other video sources, I think we can unequivocally say no. The next question is why? The answer comes from a little known astrophysicist named Nikolai Kardashev who theorized there are different classes of civilizations characterized by how much power they harness (as shown in Figure 1). A Type I civilization, for instance, harnesses all the power of a planet.