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Traditionally SCADA is connected only in a limited private network. With new technology and facilities, there are also demands of connecting SCADA though the internet. The internet SCADA facility has brought a lot of advantages in terms of control, data viewing and generation. Aside from connecting SCADA to the internet, there are also operators who want to connect their system wirelessly. This can save budget for communication lines. Along with the advantages it brings, are security issues regarding wireless internet SCADA. In this paper, we discuss internet SCADA, its connection through wireless communication and the security issues surrounding it. To answer the security issues, a symmetric-key encryption for wireless internet SCADA is proposed.
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Robles, R.J., Choi, MK. (2009). Symmetric-Key Encryption for Wireless Internet SCADA. In: Ślęzak, D., Kim, Th., Fang, WC., Arnett, K.P. (eds) Security Technology. SecTech 2009. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 58. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-10847-1_36
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