Labshock Adds IEC 60870-5-104 Support
IEC 104 support expands Labshock toward realistic power grid, substation, RTU, and control center environments.
Labshock now supports IEC 60870-5-104.
Also known as IEC 104.
This is an important step for the next direction of Labshock.
Grid focused environments.
Why IEC 104?
IEC 104 is still deeply integrated into power infrastructure.
It is used across substations, RTUs, control centers, SCADA systems, and energy networks.
It carries measurements.
It carries alarms.
It carries commands.
It helps operators understand and control electrical infrastructure.
Newer protocols such as IEC 61850 continue to grow.
Other modern protocols will also appear.
But power grids are not replaced in one day.
IEC 104 will remain inside real operational networks for many years.
That makes it important to understand.
And more important to test.
What This Adds To Labshock
With IEC 104 support, Labshock can now simulate and generate protocol behavior used in electrical environments.
This enables users to:
- Observe IEC 104 traffic
- Understand protocol behavior
- Analyze measurements and commands
- Generate realistic OT communication
- Build detection logic
- Validate security controls
- Learn how power infrastructure communication works
The goal is not only protocol visibility.
The goal is operational understanding.
Grid Zone Direction
The next major Labshock environment is focused on electrical grids.
That means substations.
RTUs.
Control centers.
Field devices.
Protocol traffic.
Process state.
Security validation.
To build realistic grid environments, Labshock needs protocols that real grids actually use.
IEC 104 is one of those protocols.
Why It Matters For OT Security
Many OT security teams know IEC 104 from documentation.
Port 2404.
Master station.
Slave station.
Control commands.
Measurements.
But documentation does not show behavior.
Testing does.
Inside Labshock, users can move from theory to execution.
They can see traffic.
Trigger activity.
Observe system behavior.
Validate detections.
And understand how protocol actions connect to operational impact.
The Mission
Labshock is built around one principle.
OT security must be testable.
Not documented.
IEC 104 support is another step in that direction.
The protocol is real.
The systems are real.
The risks are real.
So learning and validation must also be real.
Grid Zone is coming.