IACS System Testing and Assessment Rating (STAR) Methodology with Don Weber
Release Date: 10/25/2023
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info_outlineDon Weber joins Dale Peterson to describe his IACS STAR Methodology to score the risk of a vulnerability to an ICS (or IACS in 62443-speak). It is a modification of the OWASP Risk Rating Methodology. Don has modified some of the 16-factors to create IACS STAR. The methodology and code is available on GitHub and a calculator is available on line.
Don and Dale discuss:
- What Don likes about the OWASP Risk Rating
- Potential issues with putting numbers to SME judgment
- Differences between IACS STAR and the OWASP Risk Rating
- The weighting of the 16 factors
- The future of IACS STAR
Links
Slides Discussed In The Show: https://dale-peterson.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/IACS-STAR.pdf
IACS STAR GitHub Repo: https://github.com/cutaway-security/IACS_STAR_Methodology
IACS STAR Calculator: https://iacs-star-calculator.com/iacs_star_calculator.html
Cutaway Security Website: https://www.cutawaysecurity.com
ICS-Patch Decision Tree: https://dale-peterson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/ICS-Patch-0_1.pdf