Impact Of Active Scanning On The Industrial Control Networks

Abstract

This article deals with the impact of active scanning on industrial networks. The impacton industrial networks is commented from the perspective of the penetration tester methodology.This topic is important because active scan tools are affordable and easy to use, and their intrusiveimpact on industrial devices can be critical. The article’s main goal was to evaluate the impact on theindustrial network from the penetration tester point of view using the most popular tools for activenetwork scanning. In order to demonstrate and evaluate the results, an industrial testbed based on realindustrial hardware was built for the article. The article also demonstrated how to use the informationobtained by scanning for a Denial of Service attack.