A
couple of weeks back I
did a post on a solicitation from the National Institute of Standards and
Technology (NIST) for information about establishing a reconfigurable ICS
testbed. Well this week NIST published a request
for a quote for such a system. The response time for the RFQ is even
shorter than the request for information was; it has to be submitted by
September 8th.
The
RFQ includes a 17
page description (Word® download link) of the system to be supplied and the
actual solicitation
notice (.PDF download link). NIST is describing the system this way:
“The National Institute of Standards and
Technology (NIST) is in the process of developing a cybersecurity test bed for
industrial control systems. The goal of this system is to measure the performance
of industrial control systems when instrumented with cyber-security protections
in accordance with best practices prescribed by national and international
standards and guidelines. Examples of such standards and guidelines include
IEC-62443 and NIST-800-82. The testbed will include a variety of industrial
control simulation scenarios. The first of the scenarios will entail the
simulation of a well-known chemical process called the Tennessee Eastman (TE) problem.
The TE problem is an ideal candidate for cyber-security investigation because
it is an open-loop unstable process that requires closed-loop supervision to
maintain process stability and optimize operating costs.”
This
is a small business set aside project. Only organizations with fewer than 500
employees should submit quotes. NIST is only accepting quotes via email.
If
you did not take a close look at the project when it was announced earlier you
might have a hard time getting a quote together in time. On the other hand this
would probably be a great project to be involved in.
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