This is why we need you. This has jumped up in conversation with the CPNI (the Centre for Protection of the National Infrastructure), and we are confident that many hands will make light work of this:

Premise: Almost all critical industrial infrastructures and processes are managed remotely from central control rooms, using computers and communications networks. The flow of gas and oil through pipes; the processing and distribution of water; the management of the electricity grid; the operation of chemical plants; and the signalling network for railways. These all use various forms of process control or “supervisory control and data acquisition” - SCADA technology. Until recently the term SCADA was unknown outside its niche area in industry. Today it is one of the key issues for infrastructure protection.

Question: Of the 63 subject areas we explore on our wiki and here, which are directly relevant to SCADA (it might be easier to list the ones that are not). How would emerging ICT help SCADA work better? Which emerging technologies are likely to pose a threat to SCADA systems, and how will that threat manifest itself?

If you would like to learn more about this, go here. Here is our chance to provide practical assistance to someone who wants it.