FOXBOROUGH, MA -- 05/30/08 --
Industrial Defender, Inc., the global leader
in Cyber Risk Protection(TM), today announced that its Industrial Defender
Enabled Partner Program is experiencing increased global traction, signing
industry-leading partners Bow Networks, GarrettCom Inc., Innominate
Security Technologies AG, and Teltone Corporation. The Industrial Defender
Enabled Partner Program allows technology providers focused on the
industrial control systems and SCADA market to collaborate on enhancing
their technology offerings, providing end customers with comprehensive
integrated cyber security solutions.
The need for global real-time business intelligence is a key driver behind
the requirement for connectivity between traditional enterprise IT and
industrial control system networks. This convergence is exposing
industrial control system plant networks to a significant increase in cyber
security threats and vulnerabilities. With the addition of Bow Networks,
GarrettCom, Innominate Security Technologies AG, and Teltone Corporation to
the Industrial Defender Enabled Partner Program, customers will have the
opportunity to fortify their critical infrastructure with industry-leading
solutions from Industrial Defender and the Industrial Defender Enabled
partner ecosystem.
"Companies are increasingly dependent on access to real-time data in order
to drive faster time-to-revenue through the use of business intelligence
systems," said Geoff Turner, Senior Analyst, Forrester. "To acquire this
real-time data access, connectivity into the heart of critical
infrastructure process control and SCADA networks is required. The
resulting proliferation of IT business system integration into these
sensitive control systems is significantly increasing the cyber security
threat within the critical infrastructure domain. Customers will benefit
from an integrated, purpose built, defense-in-depth solution with granular
visibility of the network ecosystem through a single pane of glass, which
will maximize their cyber security protection."
As an Industrial Defender Enabled Partner, technology providers complete a
comprehensive technology validation process that will enable a partner
device to be monitored by the Industrial Defender Security Event Management
(SEM) console, enhancing the cyber security posture of the industrial
control system/SCADA network. Customers who purchase an Industrial
Defender SEM console can monitor all Industrial Defender Enabled devices on
the industrial control system/SCADA network. Industrial Defender Enabled
partners also benefit from opportunities to participate in co-marketing and
demand-generation programs.
For a tighter level of integration, technology vendors can become an
Industrial Defender Enabled Premier Partner, which delivers a more
extensive technology integration of partner devices, including integrated
device monitoring and management by the Industrial Defender SEM console,
co-development, co-marketing, demand-generation and solution-selling by
combining Industrial Defender's cyber security technology, network security
professional services and managed security services with industry-leading
premier partner technologies. Fortinet, the global leader in Unified
Threat Management (UTM) security systems and RuggedCom, an industry leading
provider of rugged communications networking solutions designed for
mission-critical applications in harsh environments, are the inaugural
members of the Industrial Defender Enabled Premier Partner Program.
By leveraging the Industrial Defender Enabled Partner Program, Bow
Networks, GarrettCom, Innominate Security Technologies AG, and Teltone
Corporation will also have the opportunity to take advantage of Industrial
Defender's industrial cyber security and compliance expertise to provide
end customers with industry leading solutions for power, oil and gas,
transportation, water, and chemical sectors. Industrial Defender works
closely with partners and customers to identify "best practices" for
implementing solutions that meet the stringent compliance requirements
including the mandatory North American NERC-CIP compliance standards for
the bulk electric power system. Customers who purchase an Industrial
Defender SEM console benefit from an integrated platform agnostic solution
that enables the creation of a unified security strategy for the industrial
control system and SCADA environment.
"Whether driven by compliance or security requirements, the demand for
comprehensive and robust process control and SCADA cyber security
protection is increasing," said Brian M. Ahern, President and CEO,
Industrial Defender. "As market leaders and industry pioneers, we need to
be able to share our expertise and technology to help our partners and end
customers achieve their cyber security objectives to ensure that our global
critical infrastructure remains fortified against internal and external
cyber security threats and vulnerabilities. Through the Industrial
Defender Enabled Partner Program, we are able to combine our technology and
domain expertise with industry leading best-in-class technology solutions
to address a host of compliance and security challenges."
Through its partner program, Industrial Defender enables participants and
customers to tap into more than 17 years of process control and SCADA
industry experience and more than six years of industrial cyber security
experience to fortify partner devices against cyber security threats and
vulnerabilities. That combined with its expertise in specific vertical
industries, ultimately delivers a deeper level of cyber security protection
for customers using real-time process control/SCADA systems. By
collaborating with Industrial Defender, technology vendors can take
advantage of the Company's market expertise to fortify their products with
enhanced cyber security protection.
For more information on the Industrial Defender Enabled Partner Program or
the Company's products and services, please visit
www.industrialdefender.com.
About Industrial Defender, Inc.
Industrial Defender, Inc., the global leader in Cyber Risk Protection(TM),
is the first company to offer a completely integrated Defense in Depth(TM)
cyber security solution designed to protect the real-time process control
and SCADA environment in a flexible and cost effective platform. This
comprehensive Cyber Risk Protection (TM) Lifecycle solution enables the
efficient assessment, mitigation and management of cyber security risk
within the critical infrastructure network domain. Formerly known as
Verano, Inc., Industrial Defender is a privately held company with over 17
years of real-time process control and SCADA industry experience, and more
than 6 years of industrial cyber security experience -- recently recognized
by Frost and Sullivan's 2008 Company of the Year Award. Industrial
Defender has completed more than 90 process control / SCADA cyber security
assessments, more than 1,950 global technology deployments in securing
critical infrastructure systems, more than 3,000 mission critical SCADA
deployments and provides managed security services for 160 process control
plants in 21 countries.
Contacts:
Todd Nicholson
Industrial Defender
508-337-0305
Email Contact
Meredith Schwenk
SHIFT Communications
617-779-1830
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