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Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems are critical to the safe, reliable and efficient operation of many essential services that affect the daily lives of millions of people. These services include power generation plants, potable water systems, wastewater treatment facilities, oil and gas production and transportation/distribution networks. In today’ uncertain world, security stands beside profitability, productivity, performance and control as a key element for maintaining business activities in industrial facilities. Prevention of malicious attacks against business infrastructure has become as vital to ongoing success as has the widespread use of the computer systems which make such attacks so easy and so painful. The vulnerabilities and condition of security of SCADA networks are considered in this paper. Also approaches on how to best secure SCADA system are discussed.