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ALSO CALLED: Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition, Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition Software, and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition Systems DEFINITION: SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition) is a category of software application program for process control, the gathering of data in real time from remote locations in order to control equipment and conditions. SCADA is used in power plants as well as in oil and gas … Definition continues below.

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Editor's Desk sponsored by Information Security Magazine JOURNAL ARTICLE: Posted: 05 Sep 2007 \| Published: 01 Sep 2007 SUMMARY: The Estonia attacks demonstrate that it takes only a few individuals to expose vulnerable civil infrastructure systems to harm. TOPICS: Cybersecurity \| Cyberterrorism \| Physical Security \| SCADA

Keeping the Lights On sponsored by CIO Decisions JOURNAL ARTICLE: Posted: 18 Oct 2005 \| Published: 01 Oct 2005 SUMMARY: The blackout highlighted the vulnerability of the electric grid to massive failures and to potential attacks by terrorists, giving new impetus to calls for more regulatory standards and enforcement in the utilities industry. TOPICS: CIOs \| IT Spending \| Power Blackouts \| Regulations \| Regulatory Compliance \| SCADA \| Utilities Industry

SCADA DEFINITION (continued): … SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition) is a category of software application program for process control, the gathering of data in real time from remote locations in order to control equipment and conditions. SCADA is used in power plants as well as in oil and gas refining, telecommunications, transportation, and water and waste control.

SCADA systems include hardware and software components. Thehardware gathers and feeds data into a computer that has SCADA software installed. The computer then processes this data and presents it in atimely manner. SCADA also records and logs all events into a file stored on ahard disk or sends them to a printer. SCADA warns when conditions becomehazardous by sounding alarms.
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