ICS/SCADA › Module 7 › Lesson 4
Lab — Monitoring
Merge OT visibility, anomaly use cases, and asset inventory sections on YOUR $OT_LAB — defensive OT literacy only; no real-plant attacks, unauthorized OT scans, or exploit cookbooks.
Visual · t38_monitoring_lab
Monitoring Lab literacy. $OT_LAB only. Original Cyberlium.
Opening
Monitoring pack merges visibility plan, anomaly use cases, and asset inventory — paperwork before hardening module.
Lessons 7-1–7-3 named visibility, anomalies, and asset inventory. Merge into one OT lab monitoring artifact linking assets to monitoring use cases. Cyberlium Topic 38 practices on $OT_LAB — YOUR fictional OT templates, zone diagrams, and labeled checklists under $HOME/cyberlium-lab/t38-ot/ no real-plant attacks, unauthorized OT scans, or exploit cookbooks. Next: Quiz — Monitoring Literacy.
1. What Monitoring Lab covers (named)
Create t38-m07-l04-monitoring-lab.txt merging M7 sections. Map each fictional asset to one visibility source and one anomaly use case. On $OT_LAB, document literacy rows on fictional LAB-OT-001 — never live plant IPs, credentials, or exploit steps.
Include approval note for any active discovery — fictional policy stub. No live scanning steps. On $OT_LAB, document literacy rows on fictional LAB-OT-001 — never live plant IPs, credentials, or exploit steps.
Command guide
Try these commands — What Monitoring Lab covers (named)
═══ TOOLS & WEBSITES ═══ Browse / read these (authorized learning only — stay in YOUR lab / program scope)
CISA ICS — https://www.cisa.gov/topics/industrial-control-systems NIST SP 800-82 — https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/sp/800-82/rev-3/final
═══ INSTALL ═══
Linux (Debian/Ubuntu):
Command — copy this
sudo apt install curl
macOS: Built-in
Windows: Built-in (PowerShell: Invoke-WebRequest)
═══ LINUX / macOS ═══
Command — copy this
export OT_LAB=${OT_LAB:-$HOME/cyberlium-lab/t38-ot}
cat > "$OT_LAB/notes/monitoring-lab-summary.md" <<'EOF'
# Monitoring Lab Summary
- visibility-plan.md + anomaly-use-cases.csv + asset-inventory.csv
## Refusals
- No nmap of live OT; no HMI spoofing; passive/defensive only
EOFCommand — copy this
grep -E 'Monitoring|Refusals|passive' "$OT_LAB/notes/monitoring-lab-summary.md" grep PLC-001 "$OT_ASSETS/asset-inventory.csv" "$OT_MONITOR/visibility-plan.md"
Primary tools to practice this lesson: grep, curl. Reference sites: CISA ICS (https://www.cisa.gov/topics/industrial-control-systems); NIST SP 800-82 (https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/sp/800-82/rev-3/final). Run every command in the box — install first, then the usage lines — only on YOUR lab / program scope.
2. Why Monitoring Lab matters for defenders
Grep for nmap scripts, live IP targets, spoof instructions — redact. Passive/defensive monitoring literacy only. On $OT_LAB, document literacy rows on fictional LAB-OT-001 — never live plant IPs, credentials, or exploit steps.
Cross-reference M6 zone diagram for tap placement notes. Thread continuity. On $OT_LAB, document literacy rows on fictional LAB-OT-001 — never live plant IPs, credentials, or exploit steps.
3. $OT_LAB boundary
chmod 600 — quiz next, then Patch OT. Monitoring feeds hardening in M8. On $OT_LAB, document literacy rows on fictional LAB-OT-001 — never live plant IPs, credentials, or exploit steps.
Ship: monitoring pack. Next: Quiz — Monitoring Literacy.
4. What you ship: monitoring lab card for $OT_LAB
Merge OT visibility, anomaly use cases, and asset inventory sections. $OT_LAB named. NEVER real-plant attack steps. chmod 600.
5. What you record before the next lesson
Date (UTC). Monitoring Lab card. $OT_LAB named. File t38-m07-l04-monitoring-lab.txt chmod 600.
6. Wrong vs right: plant attacks vs YOUR OT lab sims
Worked failure — same MSF word, opposite target. Right never needs a café Wi-Fi or classmate laptop.
Wrong
Add active scan section targeting live OT /24.
Right
Write monitoring lab card for YOUR $OT_LAB. Next: Quiz — Monitoring Literacy.
Mission: document Monitoring Lab on YOUR OT lab
1) Name literacy rows on $OT_LAB. 2) Write NEVER list (no real-plant attacks, unauthorized OT scans, or exploit cookbooks). 3) chmod 600. Never scan or exploit real industrial networks.
Stuck? Ask Cyberlium AI Mentor
Ask Mentor: literacy on $OT_LAB — not attack recipes against live plants.
Knowledge Check
APPLY: Monitoring Lab on Cyberlium means:
Multiple choice
Knowledge Check
APPLY: True or False: Topic 38 includes ICS attack cookbooks against real plants.
True or False
Knowledge Check
APPLY: Monitoring Lab literacy on Cyberlium uses:
Multiple choice