VTET: A Virtual Industrial Control System Testbed for Cyber Security Research

Abstract

Nowadays Industrial Control System (ICS) are suffering the increasing cyber attacks. The ICS testbed is a ideal platform since that it could make the security research more controllable and safe. In contrast to the physically replication testbed, the virtual testbed is more economic, safe and maintainable which will makes it advantageous in the laboratorial environment. In this paper, we present VTET, a virtual ICS testbed for cyber security research. VTET contains a virtual chemical industrial process, and both virtual and physical controllers. We provide a detailed description of VTET implementation such as the migration of controllers and the configuration of network. And we also demonstrate the 5 attack schemes simulated in VTET to prove its availability. Since the convenience of configuration and deployment, VTET is very suitable for academic ICS security research.