SCADA: "Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition"
HMI: "Human Machine Interface"
The terms "Security" and "Reliability" mean something very, very different for a Linux-based SCADA system for, say, a nuclear generator than they might for a Linux system that runs an e-commerce site, or a home user's desktop
So the first questions are,
"What DO you mean by 'Security'?"
"By 'Reliability'?"
For example, do you need a realtime system (can you afford even a millisecond's latency?)
Do you require a distro that accomodates a "hardened" environment (as a nuclear generator would undoubtedly entail)?
Please be a bit more specific about your actual requirements. Most common distros are pretty equivalent. But the particulars about your specific requirements will help choose one over another.