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Wurldtech Monthly Newsletter: Industry Round-Up
February 09, 2011
Each month our communications team strives to keep you up to date with relevant news and events about Wurldtech and other important activities from around our community.
Wurldtech's CTO Testifies To FERC Commission on Smart Grid Cyber Security Standards
On Monday, January 31, 2011 Wurldtech's CTO Dr. Nate Kube joined recognized subject matter experts from agencies such as IBM, GE and Cisco on a panel convened by the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to testify on the state of emerging cyber security standards for the Smart Grid. A full transcript of the testimony can be found here.
Wurldtech's Risk Assessment Team Creates New Industrial Cyber Security "Health Check" for End Users
In 2010, Wurldtech saw our risk assessments business grow dramatically and we now have cross-functional teams located in Canada, the United States, and Europe to service the expected continued growth in 2011. This expansion was driven mainly by large, multinational industrial end-users who required complex evaluations of major control system networks, and we noticed that a large gap existed for early stage end-users who faced the same level of risk to potential process disruption but had not the same internal expertise, available resources, budgets or business case to effectively invest in cyber security activities. One size doesn't fit all!
Together with a small group of customers, our assessment team launched our new "ICS Health Check" assessment designed to provide early-stage end-users with a simple and cost-effective:
- Analysis of the organization's overall threat/risk posture based on current systems, architectures and communications flows.
- Evaluation of an organization's internal policies and procedures in comparison to industry best practices and international standards.
- Roadmap of recommendations to reduce the gaps, prioritized based on severity, cost, ownership and resource requirements.
This offering provides the information necessary to build a strong internal business case for investing in industrial cyber security improvements.
To learn more about this new offering contact our risk assessment team here.
Leading Equipment Manufacturers Expand Their Use of Achilles Testing & Certification Across Product Lines
Global manufacturers of industrial control and automation systems such as Siemens, ABB and Invensys Operations Management have integrated the Achilles testing platform throughout multiple product lines and continue to demonstrate to their customersa s trong commitment to cyber security.
"End-users of process control and automation systems should recognize those vendors that have made the significant investment in cyber security testing and certification and question the security claims from those who have not."-Ted Angevaare, Shell Oil
Learn more about the Achilles Satellite.
The WIB Cyber Security Requirements Being Integrated Into Procurement Specifications Around the World
After reaching the milestone of being requested by over 1,500 industrial asset-owners/end-users, the recently announced Process Control Domain Cyber Security Requirements For Vendors from the International Instrument Users Association (WIB) has started to show up in system procurement requirements for new projects around the world with many Vendors already undergoing certification.
"Adopting the WIB's security requirements ensures that Invensys has a set of measurable practices in place that enforce a safer and more secure critical infrastructure."- Ernie Rakaczky, Invensys Operations Management
Wurldtech continues to support this truly industry-driven set of requirements and recommends adoption to all our end-user customers.
The Achilles Certification program Continues to Set the Standard for Benchmarking Robust Industrial Products
As cyber security threats to industrial control systems continue to increase in both frequency and sophistication, a third party validation of system robustness is more important than ever. Today the Achilles Communications Certification program boasts over 30 certified products and is trusted by many of the world's largest critical infrastructure operators as a requirement in purchasing decisions of industrial automation and control systems.
This month, the certification team is pleased to announce the latest certifications from MatrikonOPC and Invensys Operations Management. The OPC Tunneler is the second product from MatrikonOPC ot meet the Achilles robustness requiremetns, and the Tricon certification applies to the latest version 10.5.2, with the previous 4 also being Achilles Certified. Congratulations to both suppliers on this important achievement.
Find a complete list of Achilles Certified products here.
We look forward to continuing to provide you with the latest relevant information from the industrial cyber security landscape. If you have any questions regarding this information please contact us.