# SCADA Security article

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/scada-security-article/221>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [February 27, 2007, 4:58am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/scada-security-article/221 "2007-02-27T04:58:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![nathan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c5a1d2/32.png) [@nathan](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nathan)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 4:58am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/scada-security-article/221/1 "2007-02-27T04:58:10Z")

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Good points here. SCADA security is pretty poor. The article describes systems that were originally designed to be physically isolated without security in mind that have become attached to more accessible networks.

[securityfocus.com/news/11402/1](http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11402/1)