High to severe control system threat levels

摘要

One-quarter of respondents to the Control Engineering 2016 Cybersecurity Study identified a high cybersecurity threat to their control systems, and another 9 said their systems are severely threatened. The most concerning threats to these at-risk systems are malware from a random source (28) and attacks using vulnerable network devices (26). Below are four more findings related to highly or severely threatened control systems: 1. Vulnerability assessments: Thirty-nine percent of respondents reported that their companies have performed some type of vulnerability assessment within the past 3 to 6 months. The average facility checked vulnerabilities within 8 months.