Development of a modular virtual Industrial Control System prototype for cybersecurity research

As the landscape of industrial control systems (ICS) evolves, the security vulnerabilities inherent in these systems have become increasingly important. In response to this escalating situation, in this paper, we present the development of a virtualised cybersecurity research testbed tailored for these environments. Addressing the challenge of limited access to proprietary OT network data for research purposes, our work proposes a comprehensive framework for simulating industrial environments, aiming to facilitate the development and testing of cybersecurity solutions by providing functionalities for network traffic logging, attack impact simulation, generation of labelled multivariate time series sensor datasets, among others, bridging the gap between theoretical research and practical application needs.

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