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New Release of Indegy ICS Security Suite Bridges IT/OT Divide
[May 21, 2018]

New Release of Indegy ICS Security Suite Bridges IT/OT Divide


Indegy, the leader in industrial cyber security, today announced a new release of the Indegy ICS Security Suite that delivers unparalleled end-to-end visibility into operational technology (OT) cyber threats, vulnerabilities, assets and their configurations. Indegy provides purpose built OT security monitoring that has traditionally been lacking in industrial networks, and matches IT-grade standards for control and audit.

According to the recent Idaho National Laboratory (INL) report Cyber Threat and Vulnerability Analysis of the U.S. Electric Sector, "threat actors on multiple fronts continue to seek to exploit cyber vulnerabilities in the U.S. electrical grid." The report cites China, Iran, Russia and others as the primary adversaries.

"Industrial operations are now highly connected, making them sensitive to downtime from cyber attacks, malware, and maintenance errors, yet these environments lag behind IT networks in security, visibility and control," said Mille Gandelsman, CTO of Indegy. "With this new release, Indegy gives OT network managers and engineers unprecedented visibility from the network all the way to the backplane configuration of industrial controllers to detect threats, address vulnerabilities and automate asset management."

Vulnerability Management
To detect threats, Indegy's new automated vunerability management capabilities build a continuously updated security risk profile for each asset based on its criticality level and by monitoring the following:



  • Open and misused network ports
  • Security hotfixes deployed on MS-Windows machines, including servers, workstations, desktops, SCADA terminals and HMIs
  • Cybersecurity vulnerabilities on the devices in the environment, based on CVE scoring

This enables organizations to identify and remediate threats before they can be exploited.

Backplane Configurations
In order to assess cyber risk and ensure operational reliability and safety, industrial operators need to identify and track assets, plus control their configurations. New automated asset management capabilities monitor and maintain a complete inventory of industrial controllers, their settings and backplane configurations, including:


  • Firmware and OS versions
  • Patch levels
  • Module names, models and serial numbers
  • Usage statistics, and more

This detailed visibility can be used to recover from incidents and restore devices to a "known good" state, provide asset tracking for compliance and support capacity planning.

Full Packet Capture Retention
To automate and simplify forensic investigations and incident response, Indegy retains full packet captures of all the traffic in a monitored network. This comprehensive recording of activity allows the Indegy ICS Security Suite to provide extended visibility into anomalous behaviors, reconnaissance and intrusions by maintaining a complete and continuous audit trail.

Availability
Indegy ICS Security Suite v2.4 is available immediately.

About Indegy
Indegy, the leader in industrial cyber security, protects industrial control system (ICS) networks from cyber threats, malicious insiders and human error by providing visibility and control. The Indegy Industrial Cyber Security Suite arms security and operations teams with full visibility into ICS activity and threats by combining hybrid, policy-based monitoring and network anomaly detection with unique device integrity checks. The Indegy ICS Suite is deployed by manufacturing, pharmaceutical, energy, water and other industrial organizations around the world. For more information visit www.indegy.com, and follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn.


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