CyberPrism Guard Industrial Legacy Device Close Protection

Sectors

Energy, Manufacturing

Situation

Many key items of legacy equipment in the Operational Technology domain, such as expensively – validated health and safety systems, can no longer be patched. This obliges operators to replace them at considerable cost before the end of their natural lives, or to accept cyber security risk which contravenes existing standards and regulations.

Client Need

  • A solution which secures individual legacy items and groups of devices to comply with standards and regulations, and to extend the ‘secure life’ of key equipment.
  • The user interface must be both intuitive and bespoke to the operator, allowing key personnel to understand what is going on and to take control when needed.
  • The solution should interface seamlessly with other cyber security solutions.
  • Reach-back must be facilitated so that a higher level of expertise can be applied when needed.
  • The solution must support standards such as OG-86 and IEC 62443.

Solution

  • CyberPrism Guard unit is a next generation segregation device and Unified Threat Manager (UTM) containing our proprietary software, which allows it to work safely within OT networks.
  • In this deployment small, low-cost CyberPrism Guard units are connected to key legacy devices and controllers, forming Secure Supported Systems, where they conduct deep packet inspection of data entering and leaving, alerting and/or blocking traffic if they discover anything potentially harmful.
  • Intrusion Detection is included to hunt existing malware and provide a second layer of defence against external interference.
  • A range of intuitive dashboards are supplied so that key personnel receive exactly the information they need.

Deployment

Benefits

  • Key legacy devices are protected and can run on to the end of their natural life.
  • Cyber attacks on legacy devices are alerted to operators.
  • OT is protected by a system that genuinely understands it.
  • CyberPrism’s decades of experience protecting Operational Technology in Critical National Infrastructure can be brought to bear in the event of an incident.
  • Extended operating life defers capital spend on new equipment, at a fraction of the cost of replacement.