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ICS / SCADA VAPT
At Cyberintelsys Consulting Services, we help secure industrial environments through specialized ICS / SCADA Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing (VAPT). Our non-intrusive testing approach identifies exploitable vulnerabilities across control systems, field devices, and OT networks, ensuring that critical infrastructure remains resilient against evolving cyber threats.
ICS / SCADA VAPT is a controlled cybersecurity evaluation that simulates real-world attacks on Industrial Control Systems (ICS) and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) environments. It uncovers vulnerabilities in hardware, firmware, communication protocols, and network configurations without impacting industrial operations.
Objective: Prevent sabotage, data manipulation, and downtime by identifying and mitigating security gaps before threat actors exploit them.
Industrial Threat Simulation
Replicates threat scenarios such as insider misuse, remote code execution, lateral movement from IT to OT, and device manipulation.
Vulnerability Discovery and Risk Ranking
Identifies insecure services, exposed interfaces, weak authentication, open ports, legacy protocols, and unpatched firmware. Findings are prioritized by criticality.
Operational Safety and System Uptime Protection
Ensures risks are addressed without jeopardizing system availability or human safety, using non-disruptive methods.
Compliance and Audit Readiness
Supports cybersecurity compliance for standards like IEC 62443, NIST SP 800-82, ISO 27019, NERC CIP, and CERT-In guidelines.
Types of Security Testing in ICS / SCADA
ICS/SCADA Network Segmentation & Security Review
Protocol and Port Security (Modbus, DNP3, OPC, PROFINET, IEC 104, etc.)
PLC, RTU, and HMI Device Testing
SCADA Server and Historian Assessment
Firmware & Configuration Vulnerability Assessment
Remote Access, VPN & Jump Server Review
Workstation & Engineering Station Security
Network Equipment & Switch Hardening
IT-OT Boundary & Bridging Attack Surface Testing
Backup and Recovery Validation
At Cyberintelsys, we secure your ICS and SCADA environments through meticulous VAPT assessments. Our thorough methodology uncovers and resolves every potential vulnerability to ensure robust protection.
We define business-critical systems, test limitations, approved methods, and asset sensitivity to ensure safe and aligned testing.
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Proactive Risk Mitigation
Eliminates attack vectors that could disrupt production, damage equipment, or threaten safety.
IT-OT Security Alignment
Strengthens segmentation, authentication, and monitoring across interconnected IT and OT environments.
Avoid Downtime & Emergency Response
Uncovers weaknesses early, avoiding the financial and reputational damage caused by OT incidents.
Demonstrated Due Diligence
Proves security readiness to auditors, regulators, customers, and internal stakeholders.
Tailored Risk Assessment
Each vulnerability is evaluated for potential operational impact, safety hazard, and ease of exploitation.
Continuous Improvement
Enables tracking of remediation and improves incident response readiness through ongoing assessment cycles.
Black Box Testing
Simulates an outsider attacker with no internal knowledge of ICS architecture, focusing on perimeter and remote access exposure.
White Box Testing
Simulates semi-informed internal actors (e.g., contractors or insiders), combining limited access with architectural insight.
Gray Box Testing
Involves full access to ICS documentation, configurations, and credentials—providing the most thorough security review.
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Read the essential with our go-to guide to your first penetration test, everything you need to know to make an informed and successful investment in your security
First-Time Penetration Testing Buiyer Guide
Read the essential with our go-to guide to your first penetration test, everything you need to know to make an informed and successful investment in your security
First-Time Penetration Testing Buiyer Guide
Read the essential with our go-to guide to your first penetration test, everything you need to know to make an informed and successful investment in your security
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Read the essential with our go-to guide to your first penetration test, everything you need to know to make an informed and successful investment in your security
Our step-by-step methodology is tailored for operational technology environments, balancing depth of testing with non-disruptive execution.
1. Initial Consultation & Asset Discovery
Understand ICS architecture, vendors, process criticality, and network layout.
2. Scoping & Planning
Define testing boundaries, authorized tools, devices in-scope, test windows, and communication protocols.
3. Reconnaissance & Passive Enumeration
Map all connected ICS devices, identify exposed services, and gather protocol usage details using passive tools.
4. Vulnerability Analysis & Manual Review
Evaluate firmware, patch levels, and configurations against vendor advisories, threat intelligence, and best practices.
5. Controlled Exploitation & Threat Simulation
Where permitted, exploit non-production or safely segmented components to simulate realistic attacks (e.g., unauthorized logic upload).
6. Impact Assessment
Analyze what an attacker could achieve post-exploitation: privilege escalation, OT/IT pivoting, denial of control, or sabotage.
7. Reporting & Remediation Guidance
Provide in-depth technical reports, asset-wise vulnerability summaries, CVSS scores, and mitigation checklists.
8. Retesting & Hardening Validation
Reassess after remediation to confirm vulnerabilities are closed and recommend long-term hardening strategies.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Quick Answers to Your ICS / SCADA VAPT Concerns
No. All testing is planned and executed using non-intrusive methods unless otherwise permitted. Passive scans and offline analysis are used to avoid disruption.
We assess a wide range of systems, including Siemens, ABB, Rockwell, Schneider Electric, Mitsubishi, Yokogawa, Honeywell, and others.
Yes, but only using safe, passive techniques. Active testing is conducted only in test or lab environments with approval.
Typical duration ranges from 15 to 20 days, depending on network complexity, number of devices, and depth of analysis.
You will receive:
- Executive summary and business risk overview
- Vulnerability details (with CVSS ratings)
- ICS-specific threat model
- Visual network and asset map
- Exploitation simulation (if applicable)
- Remediation roadmap
- Retest and closure report