CyberCertPrepOT Security FundamentalsOT Fundamentals: Safety Systems & Physical SecurityEASYFree question
The TRITON/TRISIS malware discovered in 2017 specifically targeted which component within a petrochemical facility?
- A.The HMI workstations on the control room network
- B.The historian database storing process trends
- C.The Triconex Safety Instrumented System controllers
- D.The corporate Active Directory domain controllers
Why C is correct
TRITON (also called TRISIS) was engineered to reprogram Schneider Electric Triconex Safety Instrumented System controllers. Compromising the SIS is uniquely dangerous because it removes the last automated layer of protection that prevents catastrophic physical consequences.
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