Enabling Situational Awareness in Operational Technology Environments through Software Defined Networkin
Abstract:
Network situational awareness has long been associated with the task of aggregating system logs to determine activity and events ongoing in the network. However, this current method of obtaining situational awareness does not clearly address the mission of a facility or organisation, the key customers at stake, and the real-time statuses of the critical infrastructures. Soft-ware-definednetworking provides the capability of allowing the collection of system information of deployed network elements and enabling a global view of the network topology, with near real-time knowledge of network activities, allowing for key points of the network to be identifiedand secured appropriately.
AUTHORS
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Richland, Washington,
United States
Laurence Chang is a Cyber Security Engineer at PNNL with experience in Software Defined Networks (SDN). He received his B.S. in Computer Science in 2017 and his M.S. in Computer Science in 2018 both from Arizona State University. His current work is heavily involved in SDN and SDN-related technologies. Other interests include networks, network security, and software development.
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Richland, Washington,
United States
Thomas E Bryan is a Cybersecurity Assessments IT Engineer at PNNL and a Cyber Operations Section Supervisory and Boundary Protection Specialist in the 242nd Combat Communication Squadron, Washington Air National Guard. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Washington State University and has 12 years’ experience in Cyber Operations and Cyber Security.
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Richland, Washington, United States
Dr. A. David McKinnon is a Senior Cyber Security Researcher at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. His research interests are in cyber security and distributed sensor systems. Dr. McKinnon's current focus is on enhancing cyber security within the energy sector. He has advised U.S. utilities on smart grid and resilient energy cyber security projects. He has also led a research and development team that successfully developed and then transitioned a bio-inspired cyber security software to industry. As an adjunct professor, Dr. McKinnon taught computer and network security courses at Washington State University. He is a member of the ACM and a senior member of the IEEE.
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Richland, Washington,United States
Mark Hadley is a Senior Cybersecurity Researcher at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). Mr. Hadley’s research and project management activities with PNNL focus on national security solutions in support of non-governmental organizations, the U.S. Departments of Energy, Department of Defense, and Homeland Security. He is a nationally recognized leader in the fields of critical infrastructure protection and industrial control system security.
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Journal of Information Warfare
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