A TESTED FOR SECURE AND ROBUST SCADA SYSTEMS

Abstract :
Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems are computer-based monitoring tools that are used to manage and control critical infrastructure functions, such as the transmission and distribution of electricity, pressure and proper flow of gas pipelines, water treatment and distribution, wastewater collection, chemical processing and railway transportation systems control, in real time. electric, gas, water, oil and waste water. SCADA systems are environmentally hardened and have significant lifetimes have software and hardware designed without security in mind have limited resources (memory and processing power) constitute a significant investment on the part of utilities. The SCADA test bed project Assess vulnerabilities of current SCADA implementations Provide and test solutions to address such vulnerabilities Test innovative architectural and technological solutions for next generation SCADA Provide a common test bed for researchers Used by utilities such as

A SCADA System usually consists of the following subsystems :

A Human-Machine Interface or HMI is the apparatus which presents process data to a human operator, and through which the human operator monitors and controls the process. A supervisory (computer) system, gathering (acquiring) data on the process and sending commands (control) to the process. Remote Terminal Units (RTUs) connecting to sensors in the process, converting sensor signals to digital data and sending digital data to the supervisory system.

Communication infrastructure connecting the supervisory system to the Remote Terminal Units. Most control actions are performed automatically by remote

terminal units ("RTUs") or by programmable logic controllers ("PLCs"). Host control functions are usually restricted to basic overriding or supervisory level intervention. For example, a PLC may control the flow of cooling water through part of an industrial process, but the SCADA system may allow operators to change the set points for the flow, and enable alarm conditions, such as loss of flow and high temperature, to be displayed and recorded. The feedback control loop passes through the RTU or PLC, while the SCADA system monitors the overall performance of the loop.

Block Diagram :

Hardware Requirements :

Micro Controller.

Power Supply Unit.

Temperature Sensor. LM-35 Thermistors:

. Pressure Sensor.

Relay.

RF Transmitter.

RF Receiver.

ADC Unit.

Software Requirements :

Embedded C Programming. Keil Cross Compiler.