Asessment Findings Conclusion Recommendations RoadMap

8/12/2019 Asessment Findings Conclusion Recommendations RoadMap

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COMESAMEETING/2ND ICTSUMMUTONCYBERSECURITY

25TH

28TH

NOV

2013SAFARIPARKHOTEL,NAIROBI,KENYA

STUDY:PKIforCIIPCOMESA

Member

states

Preparedness

ASSESSMENT&FINDINGS

MOTSIMABUSIN


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PROBLEM,CONSTRAINTS&OBSTACLES


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Awarenessislargelymissingwithregardsto:

Riskamountand

eminence

around

member

statescriticalinfrastructure.Minimumtonosecurity on critical infrastructures.

OpportunitybehindimplementingPKIasa

solutiontomanagerisks(Transfer/Mitigate).

Strategies or policies addressing the securityissues are not in the scope for most criticalprojects.

PROBLEM


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CONSTRAINTS

&

OBSTACLES

AWARENESS

SENSE

OF

URGENCY

EXPERTISE

FORMULATING

A

BUSINESS

CASE

FOR

IT

SECURITY

COMPLEXITY

OF

SECURITY

ISSUES.

HIGH

TECHNOLOGY/AVAILABLITY

SYSTEMS

DEPLOYMENTS

WITHOUT

PROPPER

SECURITY


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CHALLENGES


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IMPLEMENTATION


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BUDGET&BUDGETING


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VISUALIZING

THE

SITUATION


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CRITICALINFRASTRUCTURESNETWORK(Terminals,devices,Serversandmanagementconsoles)

EXAMPLES: POWERGRIDS/PLANTS

WATERSUPPLYSYSTEMS

AIRTRAFFICCONTROLS

REFINERIES

NEUCLEARPLANTS

TRANSPORTATIONSYSTEMS(TRAINS,METROS,..ETC)

ETC

ENGINEERIN

G

PCs/laptops

OTHER

EMPLOYEES

PCS/laptops

TESTING

Guest

WIFI

WEB AND

MAIL

SERVERS

Authentication

Database

AIRGAP

(FIREWALL)

Us

eofUSBto(movefiles,co

pydata,

loadnew

softw

are

etc.,


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TheSCADA,

PLC

,or

any

control

system

VALVE

S

FANS

RADIATION

SENSORS

TEMPRATU

RE

READINGS

WATE

R

LEVEL

ENGINEERIN

G

PCs/laptops

OTHER

EMPLOYEES

PCS/laptops

TESTING

Guest

WIFI

WEB AND

MAIL

SERVERS

Authentication

Serversand

managementPCS

Database

AIRGAP

(FIREWALL) U

SINGUSB


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SourceFortinet.com

SCADA,PLC,..etc.,in

industrial

environment


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THE

FINDINGS


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LackofAwareness[Triggers:incident,

regulation,customer

demand]

Lackof

laws,

policies,

&

law

enforcement

capabilities.

Lackofstandards&technologies.

Scarcityinresourcesandweaknessesin

capacitybuilding.


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RECOMMENDATIONS


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Boostawareness

and

capacity

buildingonCIIPandPKI.

Consultants,Implementation

partner,and

technology

selection

iscrucial

Recommendations:


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DESIGNREALITY

GAP

must

always

beperformedwithsuchlargescale

projects.

UNCITRAL,IETF,FIPS,ITU,and

other

international

PKI

standards.

Recommendations:


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SAMPLESTRATEGYOFCIIP


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USAFederalAviationAdministration(FAA)

hasdevelopedseveralstrategyguidelinesto

helpstrengthencyberdefense;itincludes:

Systemandnetworkshardening.

Segmentationandisolationof

systemsandnetworks.

Establishredundancyandbackupto

avoidservice

disruption


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e.g., Approach to Protecting the U.S. Air Traffic Control System Against Cyber

Terrorism.

Reference:http://www.incose.org


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FederalAviation

Administrations

model

in

protecting

air

traffic

control

systems.

Source:http://www.incose.org


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FAAS APPROACH

TO

ACHIEVE

THE

STRATEGY.

Establishstrategy,policy,andguidance

Systematicallyandcontinuallyexamine

threatsandvulnerabilities

Createan

information

systems

security

architecturethatrespondstothosethreats

andvulnerabilities

Implementinformationsystemsand

networksconsistent

with

the

architecture


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CONT.

FAAS APPROACH

TO

ACHIEVE

THE

STRATEGY.

Establish,institutionalize,and

continuouslyimprove

processes

Deploysecuritymeasuresincrementally

Monitorcomplianceandmeasureprogress

Managerisksproactivelyateachmajor

decisionpoint

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