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Part 1: Overview of Assessment

Learning outcome 1: Demonstrate a deep and systematic understanding of conventional and contemporary ICS implementations and their comparison to IT systems in the context of cyber security; (A, B)
Learning outcome 2: Undertake the analysis of the cyber threat landscape in ICS and evaluate current cyber protection approaches in the field; (B)
Learning outcome 3: Design and evaluate improvements in current cyber protection approaches to tackle the cyber security challenges that arise in ICS. (B)

Broadly speaking, the assignment requires you to write a 2,000(+/-10%)wordsreport on the analysis ofthe current cyber threat landscape and cyber protection approachesin the Critical Infrastructure,proposing ways for improvement. The report will be research-based, written in an industrial standards format; you are expected to draw information from one or more case studies including but not limited to "Stuxnet" (and/or variations of Stuxnet), the "Analysis of the Cyber Attack on the Ukrainian Power Grid" in 2015 and Wannacry.

The assignment is described in more detail in section 2.
Working on this assignment will help you to identify and analyse the challenges that arise in the cyber protection of cyber physical control systems used in the Critical Infrastructure,and present them in a report that follows industrial standards. Through your research you will analyse and evaluate the current threat landscape and the cyber protection approachesin the field, andpropose ways for improvement. If you have questions about this assignment, please post them to the discussion board on Blackboard.

Part 2: Task Specification

Produce a 2,000(+/-10%)words report analysing selected case study/-ies on cyber security incidents in the Critical Infrastructurefor a given industry of your choosing (such as, Water, Energy, Telecomms...).

You are working as anindependent consultant for a Cyber Security firm that operates a Research and Development department on Cyber Security in Industrial Control Systems. The firm wants to gather intelligence on cyber security in Critical Systems in order tocome up with new products and solutions. Your assignment is to do research in this area and produce a report that addresses the firm's needs.In particular, your research will focus on:

• The analysis of the current threat landscape in cyber physical control systems used in the Critical Infrastructure for a given industry of you choosing.
• The analysis and evaluation of current cyber-security approachesin the field.
• Ways to improve current cyber security approaches, analysing their impact on the system.
Your research must draw information from one or more case studies provided in the lectures (e.g.Stuxnet, Flame, Ukrainian Power Grid, Wannacry etc.) and relevant papers of high quality. In your report, you must clearly identify the following elements:
- The differences between traditional IT systems and Critical Systems and how they affect cyber security;
- The entities involved in cyber security incidents in the Critical Infrastructure (e.g. attack actors,ICS vendors, environmentetc.);
- The cyber security risks and the associated threat vectors;
- Current cyber security approaches and their limitations, analysing the technical and operational challenges that arise;
- Ways to improve cyber security in this area, discussing their impact on the system.

The report must follow professional standards, written in an appropriate style and format. Accuracy, completeness and consistency of citation and listing of sources must also be taken into account.

Attachment:- Critical system security Assignment.rar