Guest Editorial: Security of Communication Protocols in Industrial Control Systems (ICSs)

Over the past decade, cyber security community has witnessed a trend in which advanced adversaries – such as nation-state actors and cybercriminal groups are increasingly shifting their exploitation efforts from IT systems to OT Industrial Control Systems (ICSs). This stems fact that compromise of an ICS can have far greater consequences than traditional system potentially resulting not only financial losses but also human life and/or major environmental disasters.