Resources

Resources

Media Mentions

Explore the conversations ICS Village is part of — from federal cyber policy to plant-floor field notes. Everything we publish is open; use it, fork it, send it to your team.

Data Breach Prevention

The Rising Ransomware Tide, Chinese Spy Cranes, and the Biden Executive Order on Maritime Cyber Security

Cyber threats are evolving rapidly, and businesses must stay ahead of the latest attack trends to protect their sensitive data and operations. From AI-driven attacks and ransomware to social-engineering tactics, here's a look at the top threats facing critical infrastructure and how to defend against them.

70 %
Threats Prevented
100 %
Compliance Achieved
Container shipping port at night with glowing cyber data overlays — illustrating maritime cybersecurity threats and Chinese spy crane concerns
Data Breach Prevention

Cyber Experts, Unite: Testing a Team Approach to a Cyberattack

What happens when defenders, operators, and policymakers meet under realistic plant conditions? ICS Village's red-vs-blue capstone shows how cross-discipline teams move faster — and where the seams still show up.

95 %
System Recovery Rate
80 %
Risk Reduction
Cybersecurity team silhouetted in a dark operations room collaborating across multiple glowing data screens
Field Notes

Practitioner Writing on the Work

Short pieces from ICS Village instructors. Plant-floor context, real incidents, and the questions that keep coming up in workshops.

01.

The Purdue Model Isn't a Network Diagram

It's a way of thinking about consequence. What it gets right, what it doesn't capture, and how to use it without getting trapped by it.

02.

Why Active Scanning Is a Bad Idea on Most OT

Field stories of scanners crashing PLCs, an explanation of why it happens, and a practical map of when active discovery is actually safe.

03.

Detection Hypotheses for Industrial Protocols

How to write hunting hypotheses that work on Modbus and DNP3 traffic without overwhelming a SOC with false positives.

04.

Reading a Modbus PCAP Without the Cheat Sheet

Five-minute practitioner reference for decoding common Modbus function codes by eye.

05.

Ladder Logic as Security Telemetry

How to design PLC logic that's defensive by construction — signals defenders can hunt on without process-engineering vocabulary.

06.

What Plant Operators Actually Want From a SOC

A short field guide for IT-side defenders trying to build a working relationship with the people who run the plant.

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