Published by Gbaf News
Posted on June 14, 2018
COLUMBIA, Md — Tenable®, Inc., the Cyber Exposure company, today announced the industry’s first solution designed to reduce cybersecurity risk across today’s converged IT/OT environments. Enhancements to the Tenable.io® platform and Industrial Security, an asset discovery and vulnerability detection solution for Operational Technology (OT) systems, delivered in partnership with Siemens, enable organizations to manage Cyber Exposure holistically across IT and OT and effectively prioritize remediation based on the criticality of the asset and the vulnerability.
OT and critical infrastructure systems were initially designed to work in isolation from the network and walled off from outside cybersecurity threats.
But digital transformation has turned these once-isolated systems into connected devices, making them high value targets for attackers. In fact, attacks on OT assets often start by compromising IT systems and then moving laterally, as noted in the FBI and Department of Homeland Security issued an unprecedented warning about Russian state-sponsored attacks on U.S. critical infrastructure. Converged environments contain a mix of IT and OT devices and systems that demand a holistic approach to cybersecurity so that organizations can accurately manage, measure and reduce cybersecurity risk.
Enhancements include:
“The security challenges facing organizations with operational technologies cannot be overstated. IT and OT assets individually – and together as converged systems – comprise part of the modern attack surface, and are therefore points of cybersecurity risk. Organizations that approach understanding their state of security by neglecting to view OT assets as part of the attack surface lack critical visibility required to understand their Cyber Exposure,” said Dave Cole, chief product officer, Tenable. “With Tenable.io, including our Industrial Security offering purpose-built for OT Security, Tenable is uniquely breaking down silos, providing a unified view of Cyber Exposure across converged IT/OT environments.”
The announcement comes on the heels of the Tenable Research team’s discovery of a critical remote code execution vulnerability in two Schneider Electric applications used in manufacturing, oil and gas, water, automation and wind and solar power facilities and underscores the company’s commitment to pioneering solutions for cybersecurity for OT and critical infrastructure. For more information about how Tenable is helping organizations understand and reduce cyber risk across converged IT and OT environments, visit: https://www.tenable.com/solutions/iot.
COLUMBIA, Md — Tenable®, Inc., the Cyber Exposure company, today announced the industry’s first solution designed to reduce cybersecurity risk across today’s converged IT/OT environments. Enhancements to the Tenable.io® platform and Industrial Security, an asset discovery and vulnerability detection solution for Operational Technology (OT) systems, delivered in partnership with Siemens, enable organizations to manage Cyber Exposure holistically across IT and OT and effectively prioritize remediation based on the criticality of the asset and the vulnerability.
OT and critical infrastructure systems were initially designed to work in isolation from the network and walled off from outside cybersecurity threats.
But digital transformation has turned these once-isolated systems into connected devices, making them high value targets for attackers. In fact, attacks on OT assets often start by compromising IT systems and then moving laterally, as noted in the FBI and Department of Homeland Security issued an unprecedented warning about Russian state-sponsored attacks on U.S. critical infrastructure. Converged environments contain a mix of IT and OT devices and systems that demand a holistic approach to cybersecurity so that organizations can accurately manage, measure and reduce cybersecurity risk.
Enhancements include:
“The security challenges facing organizations with operational technologies cannot be overstated. IT and OT assets individually – and together as converged systems – comprise part of the modern attack surface, and are therefore points of cybersecurity risk. Organizations that approach understanding their state of security by neglecting to view OT assets as part of the attack surface lack critical visibility required to understand their Cyber Exposure,” said Dave Cole, chief product officer, Tenable. “With Tenable.io, including our Industrial Security offering purpose-built for OT Security, Tenable is uniquely breaking down silos, providing a unified view of Cyber Exposure across converged IT/OT environments.”
The announcement comes on the heels of the Tenable Research team’s discovery of a critical remote code execution vulnerability in two Schneider Electric applications used in manufacturing, oil and gas, water, automation and wind and solar power facilities and underscores the company’s commitment to pioneering solutions for cybersecurity for OT and critical infrastructure. For more information about how Tenable is helping organizations understand and reduce cyber risk across converged IT and OT environments, visit: https://www.tenable.com/solutions/iot.
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