INL's Controls Laboratory

The Controls Laboratory is an environment for government and private industry partners to experience the possible effects of kinetic cyber-physical attacks. This lab allows users to perform security research on industrial control systems (ICS) and supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems. The Controls Laboratory is an environment for government and private industry partners to experience the real-world impacts of cyber-physical attacks. It supports security research on industrial control systems (ICS) and supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems. The laboratory facilitates the study of cyber warfare against our nation’s critical infrastructure (CI) targets, which are essential for sustaining our society's way of life. This adaptable lab simulates various corporate network configurations and provides control system hardware and kinetic outputs across CI sectors. It can host multiple concurrent simulations, enabling analysts nationwide to interact both on-site and remotely via extended range connections.