D66-Mp Wassila Hachchi to the minister of Home Affairs and the minister of Security and Justice, parliamentary Questions asked about the security risks of scada systems. Reason is a achtergrondartikel on Tweakers.net.
Hachchi cast in the parliamentary Questions to ministers, Spies and Opstelten, among others, the question arises as to whether the suggestion in the Govcert.nl established Cyber Security Beeld Nederland 2011 attackers on exceptionally advanced software must have scada systems successful to attack, is correct. This conclusion is in accordance with Hachchi in contrast with the achtergrondartikel ‘Scada security: a structural problem” that recently Tweakers.net appeared.
In this article, it is stated that advanced knowledge, and software is not strictly necessary for a successful attack. So can there by an attacker who has his sights focused on industrial systems, use can be made of the freely available package Metasploit. This software can be various vulnerabilities to reveal. Also, many web based scada systems themselves openly identify via the http headers, making it clear to which system it is.
Hachchi wants the ministers to know what security requirements are made available to scada systems, both in the government and in the commercial sector, and how this monitoring will be held. For example, the D66 politician in the potential danger of the ‘smuggling’ of data carriers such as usb sticks, for example, a nuclear power plant is endorsed, and or here security protocols to be drawn up.
The D66-member of parliament also wishes to know whether there is at European level is sufficient attention to the security risks of scada systems. If this is not the case, then it speaks Hachchi the desire that the government focus within the EU want to ask for the question. The ministers have up to six weeks the time to answer the questions.