OT / ICS Security

ACTION REQUIRED (execute immediately after reading)

1. NOW: read ../field-journal/precedent-pentest.md — misoperation in an industrial-control environment can cause physical harm
2. NOW: written authorization must clearly state: site, network segment, whether active scanning / register writes are allowed
3. NOW: case-init; default passive-first; PLC write operations forbidden before ready_for_act
4. NEXT: tool-index; most ICS tools need manual setup and an isolated lab network
5. ACT: asset and zone identification → exposure surface → read-only validation

Applicable scenarios

• Industrial-control/SCADA/DCS security assessment (authorized)
• Purdue-model zoning and cross-zone channels
• Modbus/DNP3/S7/EtherNet/IP and other protocol exposure
• Engineering workstations, HMI, historians, jump hosts
• IT/OT convergence boundary (firewall rules, data diodes)

Safety iron rules (MUST)

MUST NOT, unless explicitly permitted:
- Write coils/registers to a PLC
- High-rate internet-wide scan of production OT
- Interrupt safety-instrumented-system (SIS) related paths
Prefer: read-only identification, traffic mirroring, offline firmware/config analysis

Workflow

Phase 1 — zoning and assets

□ Purdue L0–L5 sketch: field devices → control → supervision → site DMZ → enterprise
□ Asset inventory: PLC/RTU/HMI/engineering workstation/historian/Jump host
□ Protocol and port baseline (authorized segments only)

Phase 2 — passive and read-only

□ SPAN/mirror PCAP → protocol-reverse / Wireshark ICS dissectors
□ Offline audit of config and engineering files (TIA/RSLogix exports, etc.)
□ Record default passwords and plaintext protocols (Modbus no-auth) as Findings, do not write to disk or change values

Phase 3 — restricted active

□ Low-rate identification, maintenance window
□ Read-only function codes first
□ Evidence at each step; stop and report immediately on anomaly

Phase 4 — firmware/patch surface

□ Controller firmware version → CVE mapping (do not blindly flash firmware)
□ Joint with firmware-pentest for offline image analysis

Toolchain

Tool	Purpose	Note
Wireshark ICS dissectors	Passive parsing	Mirrored traffic
Nmap NSE (restricted)	Identification	Rate and time window
Claroty/Nozomi, etc.	Asset discovery	Commercial/on-site
PLC vendor engineering software	Config audit	Offline first
binwalk / Ghidra	Firmware	Offline

References

• references/ot-safe-assessment.md
• ../firmware-pentest/ ../protocol-reverse/ ../network via pentest-tools

Routing context

Upstream: MASTER R28
Downstream: firmware deep-dive firmware-pentest; protocol protocol-reverse; IT lateral movement windows-ad/attack-chain
Peer: do not hit OT with an ordinary Web scanner's default parameters

Task-completion self-check

• Did I default to passive/read-only and record the authorization boundary?
• Did I avoid write operations on control loops (unless explicitly permitted)?
• Do findings include physical/process-impact notes?
• Checklist / journal?

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