Hacker or Engineer? How to Reconstruct an Attack Chain in an Industrial Network

Anton Kutepov from Positive Technologies presents an analysis of a cyberattack scenario on an industrial network, simulated at the Standoff range. Since real-world industrial incidents are rarely disclosed due to the risks of exposing critical infrastructure, experts use specialized testbeds featuring real ICS/SCADA components. The article details the attacker's movement logic within the technological perimeter and explains how to work with telemetry sources. The author demonstrates how cybersecurity specialists identify intrusion traces, analyze attacker actions, and develop threat detection rules. This material serves as a practical guide for engineers and security professionals aiming to understand the specifics of protecting industrial systems from targeted attacks, showing exactly how the chain of events is reconstructed within complex infrastructure.