The papers in this special section focus on configuration security for industrial automation and control systems. These systems include supervisory control and data acquisition systems, distributed control systems, and other control system configurations such as programmable logic controllers, which are typically used in industries such as electric, water and wastewater, oil and natural gas, transportation, chemical, pharmaceutical, food and beverage, and discrete manufacturing, examples of which are automotive, aerospace, and durable goods. These systems are highly interconnected and mutually dependent in complex ways, both physically and through information and communications technologies, and they support a diverse set of services for the management of critical infrastructure by making use of a wide variety of Internet of Things (IoT) devices for sensing and actuation. These papers highlight the main research challenges and solutions for improving configuration security in the context of industrial automation and control systems by taking into consideration various challenges faced by industrial applications.

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客座社论：工业自动化和控制系统的配置安全性

本节中的论文重点介绍工业自动化和控制系统的配置安全性。这些系统包括监督控制和数据采集系统，分布式控制系统以及其他控制系统配置，例如可编程逻辑控制器，通常用于电力，水和废水，石油和天然气，运输，化工，制药，食品和饮料以及离散制造，例如汽车，航空航天和耐用品。这些系统在物理上以及通过信息和通信技术，以高度复杂的方式相互关联并相互依赖，并且它们通过利用各种各样的物联网（IoT）设备进行传感和驱动，为关键基础设施的管理提供了多种服务。这些论文通过考虑工业应用面临的各种挑战，重点介绍了在工业自动化和控制系统的背景下提高配置安全性的主要研究挑战和解决方案。