Platform-Agnostic Language to Map Control Primitives to SCADA Communication Protocols

Abstract

Simulations are a useful tool for developing and testing security solutions for SCADA systems. However, these simulations can require significant modifications to reflect proposed changes in the system, such as a change in register structure or communication protocol. This paper presents a specification language that can be used to allow the communication protocol within a simulation to be easily modified by allowing key details such as packet and register structure to be modified outside of the simulation's code.