Friday, November 06, 2009
This particular customer win offers some food for thought when thinking about cyber security in the context of functional industrial operations. The Achilles platform is widely adopted by manufacturers of embedded systems like SCADA PLCs, Distributed Control Systems (DCS), Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS), from organizations such as ABB, Emerson, Hima and Invensys. However, cyber security issues are not limited solely to end-point devices. You may have seen the
latest release regarding the first Achilles Certified OPC Driver from MatrikonOPC which demonstrates an evolution from embedded devices into host-based applications and industrial connectivity, but what about moving up the typology into control applications and networking components? Hirschmann, a Belden company, is one of the largest suppliers of industrial Ethernet networking equipment in the world and it is great to see the adoption of proactive security and robustness testing from yet another industry leader.
The official press release can be found
here but here is an excerpt.
"We consider the security and robustness of our Hirschmann automation and control solutions of critical importance” said Markus Rentschler, Test Lab Manager for Hirschmann. “By integrating the Achilles testing platform into the development lifecycle of our product portfolio, we are able to validate product robustness from design through deployment and help our customers maintain safe, secure and reliable industrial operations."