PHASE ONE

Industrial Control Systems (ICS) are computers that monitor and manage industrial tasks. They are found in multinationals, SMEs and national infrastructure, from rail networks to power plants.

ICS have evolved from self-contained and isolated networks to being heavily interconnected with IT systems and other wider networks and services.

This has led to new cyber security vulnerabilities and the potential for inter-organisational, inter-industry and international threats.

RITICS represents a group of academically led and industrially linked projects researching three key questions:

• Do we understand the harm that threats pose to ICS and business?
• Can we confidently articulate these threats as business risk?
• Are there novel effective and efficient interventions?