Security

With computerised control systems operating everything from power plants, water treatment facilities to transport systems and factories, the potential for disruptive cyber attacks grows bigger by the week.

Intel Security has announced the availability of its new consumer security services, which includes newly integrated True Key by Intel Security that provides facial recognition password authentication.

Honeywell has announced enhancements to Honeywell Digital Video Manager (DVM). The latest release, DVM R600, will enable organisations to more efficiently manage their security system with enhanced mobile capabilities and voice command, and mitigate business risk via support for current IT platforms.

Process safety and cybersecurity are distinctly different disciplines, but there is growing realisation that they are related.

Verizon’s 2015 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) has found that four out of five security incidents in the manufacturing sector involved denial of service (DoS) attacks, cyber-espionage and crimeware.

Perimeter protection is part of every industrial cyber security strategy.

Designed to bring industry and researchers together, Cisco’s Internet of Everything (IoE) Centre has been officially opened by Western Australian Premier, Colin Barnett, and is a three-way partnership between Cisco, Curtin University and energy company, Woodside.

Rockwell Automation and Cisco have announced new additions to their Converged Plantwide Ethernet (CPwE) architectures to help operations technology (OT) and information technology (IT) professionals address constantly changing security practices.

Panasonic Australia has announced its new network-friendly 5 Series security cameras.

The Energy Sector led all others again in 2014 with the most reported incidents.

Despite the increased risks developing in cybersecurity and data integrity, little heed is being paid to protecting company data.

The two companies collaborated on the design of the SecurePlant service and will jointly provide deployment and operational services.

Inadequate training and a culture of complacency among many owners and operators of critical infrastructure are significantly raising the risks.

Companies deploying security for their control systems are likely to follow a defense-in-depth mode, deploying security in as many places as possible.

Keith Marriner has previously held positions in Rockwell Automation and Invensys.

The Australian Customs and Border Protection Service has prosecuted Perth company, Cyber Technology for trying to export drones without a permit.

Superman has been named the world’s riskiest superhero when it comes to spreading malware
online, according to new research released today by McAfee.

Miners face a new and important challenge as they balance operational and environmental efficiency against the emerging risk of cyber attack.

An increasing number of unsecured, computer-guided production machinery and networks in production facilities are gradually evolving into gateways for data theft. New security technologies are needed to shield the sensitive data that is kept there.

The ISA Security Compliance Institute has announced the availability of a system-level cybersecurity certification for industrial automation and control systems products.