SecurityMatters Unveils Empowered Industrial Cyber Resilience Platform at SANS ICS Summit 2018

ORLANDO, Fla., March 19, 2018 -- SANS ICS SUMMIT 2018 – SecurityMatters, a global leader in operational technology (OT) network protection, announced the enhancements to the most advanced and mature OT network monitoring and intelligence platform, SilentDefense™,  today. This release is focused on simpler, more effective enterprise integration and an enriched number of ICS protocols and vendors, enabling industrial asset owners to protect all types of industrial systems from rapidly growing cyber-risks. The announcement was made in conjunction with the SANS ICS Summit 2018 taking place this week in Orlando, FL.

Critical infrastructure and manufacturing organizations, data centers, healthcare institutions, airports, building automation system operators and other strategic industries are growing accustomed to the power of IT technologies and increased connectivity. Despite the many benefits brought by networking and IT/OT convergence, several risks have arisen, including the exposition of legacy systems with limited security mechanisms, the difficult relationship between different technologies and the increasing complexity and criticality of the managed processes.

“ICS network monitoring is not only about detecting cyber-attacks. We need to broaden our view. Asset owners should be able to quickly identify and recover from any threat to operational continuity, whether its source is a nation state or the malfunction of a critical device. That’s the real meaning of cyber resilience. In fact, experience shows that more than 90% of cyber threats originate inside an industrial environment. Our platform, SilentDefense, goes beyond cyber security. It supports both IT and OT teams and provides value at every organizational level. With this release, we have further extended our seamless integration into industrial infrastructures. SilentDefense is undoubtedly the most powerful cyber resilience solution and enables asset owners to integrate OT into their risk management ecosystem.” – Luca Barba, Head of Product Marketing

The new release of SilentDefense™ (Version 3.12) builds on its advanced threat detection and asset inventory capabilities to achieve unprecedented ease of use and seamless integration into the asset owner’s risk management and operational processes. Version 3.12 offers enhanced coverage of multi-model recognition of threats, suspect behaviors and ICS specific vulnerabilities. It provides:

Unprecedented Ease of Use:
•      UI refresh and UX enhancements
•      Automatic generation of management reports
•      Automated alert clustering and assignment to cases

Intelligent Enterprise Processes Integration:
•      Full case management capability
•      E-mail forwarding for alerts
•      NERC CIP classification fields
•      Improved integration with IT workflows, SIEM/SOC operations
•      Completely revamped downloadable Splunk App

New and Enhanced Functionalities:
•      Host properties, activity and configuration change log
•      Dynamic updates to known host vulnerabilities (CVEs)
•      Updated threat indicators and CVE database
•      Enhanced platform resilience and health checks
•      More than 80 new checks on suspicious behaviors

Version 3.12 will be available to customers worldwide on Monday, April 2, 2018.

About SecurityMatters: SecurityMatters empowers critical infrastructure and manufacturing organizations with the ability to identify, analyze and respond to industrial threats and flaws, minimizing troubleshooting costs and unexpected downtime. We leverage OT-specific knowledge and understanding to provide visibility into critical assets and their activity and detect operational problems and cyber security threats. Our revolutionary network monitoring platform has been successfully deployed by customers worldwide. www.secmatters.com

Contact Information:     
Tiziana Fazio
Marketing Communications 
SecurityMatters
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