Critical Infrastructure organizations that depend on Industrial Control Systems (ICS) have begun using commercial off the shelf (COTS) technology developed for business systems in their everyday processes. This has provided an increased opportunity for cyber attacks against the critical systems they operate. These COTS systems are not usually as robust (at dealing with cyber attacks) as are systems designed specifically for Critical Infrastructure at dealing with cyber attack for many reasons. These weaknesses may lead to health, safety and environmental (HSE), or operational consequences
that could severely impact the State of Qatar’s economy, people or Government.