SECURITY SOLUTIONS
Practical Information on Industrial Security
Every customer has something to protect. We have unique capabilities and expertise to address industrial security needs, reduce risk and enable greater operational up-time in control systems.
The discovery of malware that specifically targets some industrial control systems brought industrial security to the forefront in manufacturing. As a result, there is growing recognition of new risks and real-world threats that are capable of disrupting control system operation and adversely affecting safety, productivity and the ability to adequately protect assets, machinery and information alike.
The increasing inter-connectivity of control systems is equally important to industry since new benefits also bring new challenges. Open industrial networks like EtherNet/IP that seamlessly coexist in broader Ethernet systems are being used to link various plant-wide control systems together and connect these systems into expansive, enterprise-level systems via the Internet. As the pace of control system and enterprise network architecture convergence quickens, industrial security depends on staying both flexible and vigilant and successfully controlling as many variables as possible. What is adequate protection today must evolve as vulnerabilities are identified and new threats emerge.
Here's why Rockwell Automation has the unique capability to enhance protection of both process control and discrete control systems as they link into a larger enterprise-level system:
- We address industrial security from a system approach throughout the Integrated Architecture
- We have adopted specific design-for-security development practices into our product and system development process
- We continue to expand the physical, cyber and IP protection mechanisms in control products to simultaneously advance the security and safety of the industrial control system
- We cultivate relationships with network infrastructure vendors like Cisco and other security-enabling Encompass® partners to enhance industrial security and provide guidelines, recommendations and practical advice for reducing operational risk
- We offer experienced field consulting services to assess, recommend and help implement solutions that enhance control system security
We understand your industrial security concerns and we continually strive to be your best partner and help you sensibly protect what's important to you.