SCADA
Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition — industrial control systems for plants, utilities, and factories.
SCADA and broader ICS/OT systems run physical processes in utilities, plants, and factories — often on legacy protocols with no authentication and long patch cycles — so availability and safety outrank confidentiality. Protect them with air-gaps or unidirectional gateways, and segment IT from OT using the Purdue Model’s hierarchy of levels.
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