SAN DIEGO — Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific (SSC Pacific) is developing a Cyber Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) software program, Cyber-SCADA Evaluation Capability (C-SEC), which will enable users to evaluate technologies for securing national infrastructure networks.
The objective of C-SEC is to develop an improved security posture of SCADA networks which are composed of computers and applications that monitor and control essential services and commodities, including electricity, gasoline, water, water treatment and transportation.
Cyber-SCADA provides for seamless monitoring and control of essential services globally. The networks are vulnerable to threats and cyber attacks due to their capacity for digital input from remote computers.
The SSC Pacific team is identifying a means to secure these networks by understanding cyber SCADA needs, evaluating existing solutions for monitoring and protecting against cyber threats, and developing a new cyber SCADA strategy. While various types of systems will be reviewed, C-SEC will focus on protecting energy systems.
For more information, contact SSC Pacific Public Affairs Officer Jim Fallin at (619) 553-2729.
The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific (SSC Pacific) provides the U.S. Navy and military with essential capabilities in the areas of command and control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C4ISR). SSC Pacific provides the full spectrum of C4ISR capabilities from basic research and prototype development, to extensive test and evaluation services, through systems engineering and integration, to installation and life-cycle support of fielded systems. SSC Pacific is a recognized leader in the cyber domain and for autonomous unmanned systems, and is providing the technological and engineering support critical to ensuring the Navy’s information dominance.