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SANS ICS

Industrial Control Systems Library

July 12, 2023

The SANS Industrial Control Systems Library is a central source for ICS/OT cyber security resources detailing our Courses, Posters, Surveys, Whitepapers, Defense Use Case papers, and more.


Brochures

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2016: Deutsche ICS Brochüre

2016: ICS Security Training Brochure

2016: 2016 ICS Security Summit & Training Orlando Brochure

2015: ICS for Electric Utility Brochure


Posters

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The Differences between ICS/OT and IT Security Poster

Intelligence-Driven ICS Cybersecurity Poster

Industrial Control System Cyber Incident Response Poster

Industrial Network Security Monitoring Poster

ICS Assessment Quick Start Guide Poster

ICS "Control Systems Are A Target" Poster


Analyst Surveys

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2020: ICS Asset Identification: It's More Than Just Security

2019: SANS 2019 State of OT/ICS Cybersecurity Survey

2018: The 2018 SANS Industrial IoT Security Survey: Shaping IIoT Security Concerns

2017: Securing Industrial Control Systems

2016: SANS 2016 State of ICS Security Survey


Whitepapers

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November 2022: The Five ICS Cybersecurity Critical Controls

SANS Institute: Robert M. Lee and Tim Conway

March 2020: ICS OT Systems Security Engineering Is Not Dead
SANS Institute: Isiah Jones

September 2018: Practical Industrial Control System (ICS) Cybersecurity: IT and OT Have Converged - Discover and Defend Your Assets
SANS Institute: Doug Wylie and Dean Parsons

July 2018: Hunting with Rigor: Quantifying the Breadth, Depth and Threat Intelligence Coverage of a Threat Hunt in Industrial Control System Environments
SANS Institute: Dan Gunter

June 2017: Incentivizing Cyber Security: A Case for Cyber Insurance
SANS Institute: Jason Christopher

February 2017: Digital Ghost: Turning the Tables
SANS Institute

August 2016: The GICSP: A Keystone Certification
SANS Institute

October 2015: The Industrial Control System Cyber Kill Chain
SANS Institute

August 2015: The Sliding Scale of Cyber Security
SANS Institute

June 2015: The State of Security in Control Systems Today: A SANS Survey
SANS Institute
Sponsored by: SurfWatch Labs and Tenable Network Security

May 2015: The Perfect ICS Storm
SANS Institute: Glenn Aydell

August 2014: An Abbreviated History of Automation & Industrial Controls Systems and Cybersecurity
SANS Institute

January 2014: Industrial Control Systems (ICS) Cybersecurity Response to Physical Breaches of Unmanned Critical Infrastructure Sites Whitepaper
SANS Institute


Videos

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SANS ICS Security Brief Series

SANS ICS/OT Concepts Series

SANS ICS Defense Force Series

Exploring the Unknown Industrial Control System Threat Landscape - SANS ICS Security Summit 2017

If We're Doing So Well at Cyber Security, Why Are We Still Doing So Poorly?

Incentivizing ICS Security: The Case for Cyber Insurance - SANS ICS Security Summit 2017

Demo: The Ukraine Event In a Box - SANS ICS Security Summit 2017

How Threats Are Slipping In the Back Door - SANS ICS Security Summit 2017


ICS Defense Use Cases (DUC)

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The ICS community consisting of experienced ICS security practitioners have come together to analyze recent real-world incidents that range from ICS incidents, threat intelligence, and CP/PE [Cyber-to-Physical or Process Effects] that have received media coverage. The Defense Use Cases below are case study papers that contain summaries of the publicly available information and potential realistic scenarios to fill in the gaps. In detailing scenarios that could have occurred we're able to provide a baseline for possibilities and how best to defend against these types of attacks.

The case study .pdf downloads below can be used to evaluate your critical systems and determine how best to keep them safe.

  • ICS Defense Use Case 7: Analysis of the recent report of supply chain attacks on US electric infrastructure by Chinese Actors, June 12th, 2020
  • ICS Defense Use Case 6: Modular ICS Malware, Aug. 3, 2017
  • ICS Defense Use Case 5: Analysis of the Cyber Attack on the Ukrainian Power Grid, Mar. 18, 2016
  • ICS Defense Use Case 4: Media Reports of Attacks on US Infrastructure by Iran, Jan. 5, 2016
  • ICS Defense Use Case 3: The Lost DUC - Unavailable for Online, Apr. 23, 2015
  • ICS Defense Use Case 2: German Steel Mill Cyber Attack,  Dec. 30, 2014
  • ICS Defense Use Case 1: Media report of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline Cyber Attack, Dec. 20, 2014
Disclaimer:

We are providing summaries of publicly available information and have not validated if the incidents happened the way that has been described in the publicly available reporting. We are providing summaries of information, as we believe elements of the stories being conveyed provide a learning opportunity for ICS defenders.


Other Resources

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SANS ICS Cybersecurity Field Manual Series - Vols. 1-3

The SANS ICS HyperEncabulator Video


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