Waterfall Security Announces Application Data Control for Industrial Networks
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Posted on October 22, 2014 at 8:49:01 AM
Waterfall Security Announces Application Data Control for Industrial Networks
Stronger-than-firewall technology delivers on what industrial and next-gen firewalls promise
NEW YORK, October 22, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --
Waterfall Security Solutions [http://www.waterfall-security.com ] announced today that
it is providing a new layer of security across its family of market-leading,
stronger-than-firewall Unidirectional Security Gateway
[http://www.waterfall-security.com/category/products ] and FLIP product lines. Application
Data Control manages application layer data by applying rules, policies and verification
tests to application flowing between information technology (IT) business networks and
operational technology (OT) industrial networks. Application Data Control addresses the
risks of both data exfiltration attacks and targeted, cybersabotage attacks against
industrial networks.
Industrial cloud services require integration between IT and OT networks, and many
organizations turn to firewalls to facilitate this need. However, industrial and next-gen
firewalls only offer marginal protection from hackers and insider threats, as they leave
networks vulnerable to sabotage and data exfiltration. Waterfall Security's Unidirectional
Security Gateway technology offers stronger industrial perimeter security. Building on
this more secure approach, Application Data Control adds a layer of sophisticated,
policy-based controls to more securely process industrial application data; to control
which data points, types, files, tags, fields and values are allowed to leave OT networks;
and to ensure that information entering OT networks complies with safety and security
policies.
NERC CIP, IEC 62443-3-3, NRC 5.71 and other local and international regulations and
guidelines are embracing and endorsing Unidirectional Security Gateways as a stronger
alternative to firewalls.
"Application Data Control represents a dramatic leap forward in the practice of
cybersecurity for control system network perimeters to meet the needs of industrial sites
and critical infrastructures," said Lior Frenkel, CEO and co-founder of Waterfall
Security. "This solution facilitates safe, secure and reliable integration of IT, OT and
external networks to maximize operations' efficiency and enable advanced remote services."
Application Data Control is an option available for all Waterfall Security product
lines, and can be applied to even difficult proprietary and undocumented communications
with industrial historians and applications; industrial protocols; relational databases;
messaging middleware; file transfer mechanisms; and many other industrial and IT protocols
and applications.
Waterfall Security resource station:
- Articles, white papers and webinars:
http://www.waterfall-security.com/category/resources
- Blog: http://waterfall-security.blogspot.com
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/WaterfallSecure
- Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Waterfall-Security-Solutions/454902081249354
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/waterfall-security-solutions-ltd
About Waterfall Security Solutions
Waterfall Security Solutions Ltd. is the leading provider of stronger-than-firewalls
solutions for industrial control networks and critical infrastructures. The company's
products are deployed in utilities and critical national infrastructures throughout North
America, Europe, Asia and Israel. Waterfall's technologies reduce the cost and complexity
of compliance with NERC-CIP, NRC, NIST, CFATS and other regulations, and include support
for leading industrial applications, including the OSIsoft PI(TM) Historian, the GE
Proficy(TM) iHistorian, Siemens SIMATIC(TM)/Spectrum(TM) solutions and GE OSM(TM) remote
monitoring platforms, as well as OPC, Modbus, DNP3, ICCP and other industrial protocols.
Frost & Sullivan describes Waterfall's solutions as ensuring "optimum security for
networks across user verticals," and awarded Waterfall the 2012 Network Security Award for
Industrial Control Systems Entrepreneurial Company of the Year, the 2013 North America
Award for Customer Value Enhancement and the 2014 Global Award for New Product Innovation
Leadership. For more information, visit http://www.waterfall-security.com.
Waterfall Security Solutions
CONTACT: For more information, contact: Mikala Vidal, Metis Communications, +1-617-236-0500, Waterfall@metiscomm.com
Stronger-than-firewall technology delivers on what industrial and next-gen firewalls promise
NEW YORK, October 22, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --
Waterfall Security Solutions [http://www.waterfall-security.com ] announced today that
it is providing a new layer of security across its family of market-leading,
stronger-than-firewall Unidirectional Security Gateway
[http://www.waterfall-security.com/category/products ] and FLIP product lines. Application
Data Control manages application layer data by applying rules, policies and verification
tests to application flowing between information technology (IT) business networks and
operational technology (OT) industrial networks. Application Data Control addresses the
risks of both data exfiltration attacks and targeted, cybersabotage attacks against
industrial networks.
Industrial cloud services require integration between IT and OT networks, and many
organizations turn to firewalls to facilitate this need. However, industrial and next-gen
firewalls only offer marginal protection from hackers and insider threats, as they leave
networks vulnerable to sabotage and data exfiltration. Waterfall Security's Unidirectional
Security Gateway technology offers stronger industrial perimeter security. Building on
this more secure approach, Application Data Control adds a layer of sophisticated,
policy-based controls to more securely process industrial application data; to control
which data points, types, files, tags, fields and values are allowed to leave OT networks;
and to ensure that information entering OT networks complies with safety and security
policies.
NERC CIP, IEC 62443-3-3, NRC 5.71 and other local and international regulations and
guidelines are embracing and endorsing Unidirectional Security Gateways as a stronger
alternative to firewalls.
"Application Data Control represents a dramatic leap forward in the practice of
cybersecurity for control system network perimeters to meet the needs of industrial sites
and critical infrastructures," said Lior Frenkel, CEO and co-founder of Waterfall
Security. "This solution facilitates safe, secure and reliable integration of IT, OT and
external networks to maximize operations' efficiency and enable advanced remote services."
Application Data Control is an option available for all Waterfall Security product
lines, and can be applied to even difficult proprietary and undocumented communications
with industrial historians and applications; industrial protocols; relational databases;
messaging middleware; file transfer mechanisms; and many other industrial and IT protocols
and applications.
Waterfall Security resource station:
- Articles, white papers and webinars:
http://www.waterfall-security.com/category/resources
- Blog: http://waterfall-security.blogspot.com
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/WaterfallSecure
- Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Waterfall-Security-Solutions/454902081249354
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/waterfall-security-solutions-ltd
About Waterfall Security Solutions
Waterfall Security Solutions Ltd. is the leading provider of stronger-than-firewalls
solutions for industrial control networks and critical infrastructures. The company's
products are deployed in utilities and critical national infrastructures throughout North
America, Europe, Asia and Israel. Waterfall's technologies reduce the cost and complexity
of compliance with NERC-CIP, NRC, NIST, CFATS and other regulations, and include support
for leading industrial applications, including the OSIsoft PI(TM) Historian, the GE
Proficy(TM) iHistorian, Siemens SIMATIC(TM)/Spectrum(TM) solutions and GE OSM(TM) remote
monitoring platforms, as well as OPC, Modbus, DNP3, ICCP and other industrial protocols.
Frost & Sullivan describes Waterfall's solutions as ensuring "optimum security for
networks across user verticals," and awarded Waterfall the 2012 Network Security Award for
Industrial Control Systems Entrepreneurial Company of the Year, the 2013 North America
Award for Customer Value Enhancement and the 2014 Global Award for New Product Innovation
Leadership. For more information, visit http://www.waterfall-security.com.
Waterfall Security Solutions
CONTACT: For more information, contact: Mikala Vidal, Metis Communications, +1-617-236-0500, Waterfall@metiscomm.com