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Wireless Sensor Network, 2010, 2, 520-527 doi:10.4236/wsn.2010.27064 Published Online July 2010 (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/wsn) Developing a Multi-Layer Strategy for Securing Control Systems of Oil Refineries 1 2 Musaria K. Mahmood , Fawzi M. Al-Naima 1 Department of Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering, Tikrit University, Tikrit, Iraq 2Department of Computer Engineering, College of Engineering, Nahrain University, Baghdad, Iraq E-mail : Musariaoja@, fawzi.alnaima@ Received May 12, 2010; revised May 21, 2010; accepted May 27, 2010 Abstract The energy industry and in particular the Oil Refineries are extremely important elements in Iraq’s infra- structure. A terrorist attack on one oil refinery will have a catastrophic impact on oil production and the whole economy. It can also cause serious damage to the environment and even losses of human lives. The security of information systems and industrial control systems such as Supervisory Control and Data Acqui- sition (SCADA) systems and Distributed Control System (DCS) used in the oil industry is a major part of infrastructure protection strategy. This paper describes an attempt to use several security procedures to de- sign a secure, robust system for the SCADA and DCS systems currently in use in the North Oil Refinery in the city of Baiji located in northern Iraq. Keywords: DCS, SCADA, Security, Encryption, Internet, Public Key, DMZ, Data Security 1. Introduction chemical processes. These processes are independent of