CyberCertPrepOT Security FundamentalsOT Fundamentals: ICS/SCADA BasicsMEDIUMFree question
An engineer laptop holds project files for 40 PLCs and connects to the controller network. Why is it treated as a high-value target?
- A.It generates the plant alarm annunciation sounds
- B.It can change controller logic with full privileges
- C.It stores the operator shift handover notes
- D.It controls the plant time source for historians
Why B is correct
The engineering workstation runs the vendor tools that download logic and configuration to controllers. Compromise of it lets an attacker alter control behavior. Shift notes, time sources and alarm sounds are not its main significance.
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