A Framework for Categorization of Industrial Control System Cyber Training Environments

Abstract

First responders and professionals in hazardous occupations undergo training and evaluations for the purpose of mitigating risk and damage. For example, helicopter pilots train with multiple categorized simulations that increase in complexity before flying a real aircraft. However in the industrial control cyber incident response domain, where incident response professionals help detect, respond and recover from cyber incidents, no official categorization of training environments exist. To address this gap, this thesis provides a categorization of industrial control training environments based on realism. Four levels of environments are proposed and mapped to Blooms Taxonomy. This categorization will help organizations determine which training environment best aligns with their training needs and budgets.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 23, 2017
Accession Number
AD1054735

Entities

People

  • Evan G. Plumley

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Control Systems
  • Cyberattacks
  • Department Of Homeland Security
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • First Responders
  • Flight Simulators
  • Flight Training
  • Governments
  • Human-Machine Interfaces
  • Industrial Control Systems
  • Intrusion Detectors
  • Students
  • Training Devices
  • United States
  • United States Government

Readers

  • Cybersecurity.
  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Cyber