Simulation of Industrial Control System Literature Review 2022

Running head: SIMULATION OF INDUSTRIAL CONTROL SYSTEMS 1
Literature Review
Simulation of Industrial Control Systems Testbed
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SIMULATION OF INDUSTRIAL CONTROL SYSTEMS 2
Simulation of Industrial Control Systems Testbed
Introduction
Industrial Control Systems (ICSs) employ the use of Information and Communication
technologies to ensure stability in monitoring, controlling and automation of processes in
industrial operation (McLaughlin, 2017). ICSs has wide applications in generation,
transmission and distribution of electricity, medical systems, chemical production, oil and gas
refining, water treatment, robotics, aerospace and autonomous transportation.
According to (Green, 2018), various cyber-attacks have been advanced targeting the ICSs,
hence there is need to explore the security challenges facing the use of ICSs.
A number of research studies use virtual and simulation-based testbed technology in
optimization of industrial processes. Notably, results obtained from such virtual and ideal
environmental conditions produce perfect results which are actually unattainable in actual
production due to certain industrial dynamics.
Critical analysis of literature
In one of the research studies, (Luis, 2019) asserts that ICSs have been affected by
heterogenous cyber-attacks impacting on the physical world and safety of the people. A cyber-
attack is transmitted through a communications network affecting systems behavior with the
intention of causing harm while aa physical attack is aimed at physical components to disrupt
functionality of the system (Goh, 2017).
A study conducted by (Salunkhe, 2018) on cyber-physical production testbed describes that it
consists of semi-automatic production line which is fully equipped with tools for system
monitoring, analysis of data and commercial software. The cyber-physical production systems
are made up of sub-systems which are in turn composed of autonomous and cooperative