Publication date : 05/02/2024

Course : SCADA, safety for industrial systems

Synthesis course - 2d - 14h00 - Ref. DAY
Price : 1720 € E.T.

SCADA, safety for industrial systems




Industrial control systems (ICS), also known as SCADA systems, control the critical infrastructures of society (power grids, water treatment, chemical industry, etc.). At the end of this course, you'll have the technical knowledge you need to understand SCADA systems, their threats and vulnerabilities.


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Synthesis course in person or remote class
Disponible en anglais, à la demande

Ref. DAY
  2d - 14h00
1720 € E.T.




Industrial control systems (ICS), also known as SCADA systems, control the critical infrastructures of society (power grids, water treatment, chemical industry, etc.). At the end of this course, you'll have the technical knowledge you need to understand SCADA systems, their threats and vulnerabilities.


Teaching objectives
At the end of the training, the participant will be able to:
Understand the components of an industrial supervision and control system (SCADA)
Analyze SCADA architecture risks
Understanding threats and vulnerabilities
Identify protective measures

Intended audience
CISOs, CIOs, architects, project managers, system and network administrators.

Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of Ethernet, TCP/IP and industrial process architectures.

Course schedule

1
Introduction to Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems

  • Panorama of industrial cybersecurity.
  • Security standards for industrial information systems.
  • ANSSI (Agence Nationale de la Sécurité des Systèmes d'Information).
  • History of SCADA systems, definition and terminology (SCADA, control systems, control loop).
  • Target sectors, typology, target population in French industry.
  • Types of SCADA system architectures.
  • Functional principles and fields of application of industrial supervision and control.
  • Programmable logic controllers (PLC), remote terminals (RTU).

2
SCADA system components and network architectures

  • Hardware components: architecture and functions.
  • Software components: architectures and functionalities.
  • PLCs, valves, chemical or thermal sensors, command and control systems, HMI (Human Machine Interface).
  • Communication flows in SCADA systems.
  • Network architectures by functional need.
  • Real-time communication protocols, PLC.
  • Industrial automation programming languages.
  • The design of a control system in response to a specification.

3
Introduction to SCADA system safety

  • Security issues in SCADA systems.
  • Cybersecurity of industrial systems, classification methods.
  • Threats and vulnerabilities, known intrusions, APT attacks (advanced persistent threats).
  • Real attack scenarios on SCADA systems: STUXNET, FLAME.
  • Attack analysis: building the STUXNET attack tree.
  • Authentication/encryption.

4
Risk analysis and security requirements for SCADA systems

  • Risk analysis methodology.
  • SCADA architecture risk analysis.
  • Identifying and defining safety requirements.


Customer reviews
3,9 / 5
Customer reviews are based on end-of-course evaluations. The score is calculated from all evaluations within the past year. Only reviews with a textual comment are displayed.
RAJA M.
16/12/25
4 / 5

parfait, rien à dire
JIMMY L.
16/12/25
4 / 5

Bon contenu et bonne pédagogie du formateur
GABRIELE F.
16/12/25
5 / 5

Une formation dynamique, riche en contenu



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REMOTE CLASS
2026 : 26 Mar., 19 May, 13 Oct., 19 Nov.

PARIS LA DÉFENSE
2026 : 26 Mar., 19 May, 13 Oct., 19 Nov.