ORLANDO, Fla. -- (Business Wire)
Siemens, a global engineering and technology leader, and PAS Global, the
leading provider of industrial control system (ICS) cybersecurity
solutions, announced an agreement to provide fleet-wide, real time
monitoring for control systems. By leveraging the unique capabilities of
both companies, this partnership will provide customers with: (1) deep analytics
required toidentify and inventory proprietary assets; and
(2) visibility to detect and respond effectively to attacks
across the operating environment.
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As the utilities and oil and gas sectors become increasingly digital to
achieve revenue and efficiency gains, there is a corresponding need to
identify cyber threats at their earliest stages – going beyond
compliance regulations to secure operations. Organizations in these
sectors must defend their entire digital footprint against persistent
and highly sophisticated cyber threats without disrupting business
processes.
According to recent research conducted by Ponemon Institute on the state
of cybersecurity in the U.S. oil and gas industry, deployment of
cybersecurity measures in the industry isn’t keeping pace with the
growth of digitalization in oil and gas operations. Just 35 percent of
survey respondents rate their organization’s OT cyber readiness as high.
Sixty-eight percent of respondents say their organization experienced at
least one cyber compromise, while 61 percent say their organization’s
industrial control systems protection and security is not adequate.
The Siemens-PAS global strategic partnership bridges the visibility gap
for distributed, legacy control assets to provide a comprehensive view
into fleet security. Focused on gathering detailed configuration data
down to the sensor, the Siemens-PAS partnership will enable customers to
secure proprietary systems in multi-vendor environments – guarding
against cyber attacks as well as unauthorized engineering changes.
As an industrial technology provider for more than 165 years, Siemens
has an inherent and holistic understanding of how to manage cyber risk
in complex operating environments.
A leader in the OT industry, Siemens brings to the partnership deep
domain know-how and solutions for OT cyber, including security program
design, security lifecycle management, plant security monitoring, and
incident response.
For more than two decades, PAS has solved operational and security
challenges for leading chemical, refining and power companies across the
globe. Its best-in-class Cyber Integrity™ solution provides foundational
inventory management that covers all the major cyber assets found in
plants today. The solution detects new or missing devices, aggregates
configuration data at the asset level, baselines security-related data
to monitor for change, and captures system interdependencies.
“Utilities and the oil and gas sector confront sophisticated, persistent
and aggressive cyber threats in the operational environment. Enhanced
fleet-wide visibility is critical to detecting attacks and anomalies at
the earliest possible stage,” said Leo Simonovich, Siemens Vice
President for Global Cyber Security.“With Siemens’ deep
operational monitoring expertise and PAS’ leadership developing
solutions to protect industrial control systems, this partnership is
singularly-positioned to provide essential visibility, build a mindset
of perpetual vigilance and ultimately strengthen the energy industry
defenses.”
“With smarter, integrated automation comes a difficult challenge that
has repercussions from the boardroom to facility operations: ICS
cybersecurity,” says Eddie Habibi, founder and CEO of PAS Global. “It is
generally well understood that you cannot secure what you cannot see.
That is why accurate, up-to-date visibility of system inventory is a
fundamental element of any cybersecurity solution. Our partnership with
Siemens delivers a managed security service that covers the entire
industrial enterprise.”
Siemens-PAS Partnership
The Siemens-PAS partnership enables energy companies to secure their
complete operating environments and guard against cyber attacks.
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About Siemens
Siemens AG (Berlin and Munich) is a global technology powerhouse
that has stood for engineering excellence, innovation, quality,
reliability and internationality for more than 165 years. The company is
active in more than 200 countries, focusing on the areas of
electrification, automation and digitalization. One of the world's
largest producers of energy-efficient, resource-saving technologies,
Siemens is a leading supplier of efficient power generation and power
transmission solutions and a pioneer in infrastructure solutions as well
as automation, drive and software solutions for industry. The company is
also a leading provider of medical imaging equipment – such as computed
tomography and magnetic resonance imaging systems – and a leader in
laboratory diagnostics as well as clinical IT. In fiscal 2016, which
ended on September 30, 2016, Siemens generated revenue of €79.6 billion
and net income of €5.6 billion. At the end of September 2016, the
company had around 351,000 employees worldwide. Further information is
available on the Internet at www.siemens.com.
About PAS
PAS Global, LLC is a leading provider of software solutions for ICS
cybersecurity, process safety, and asset reliability to the energy,
process, and power industries worldwide. PAS solutions include
industrial control system cybersecurity, automation asset management,
IPL assurance, alarm management, high performance HMI™, boundary
management, and control loop performance optimization. PAS solutions are
installed in over 1,100 facilities worldwide in more than 70 countries.
For more information, visit www.pas.com.
Connect with PAS on Twitter @PASGlobal
or LinkedIn.
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Contacts:
For journalists:
Siemens
Robert Bartels, +1 678-662-4783
Robert.bartels@siemens.com
or
PAS
Ashley
Howard (Merritt Group), +1 732-390-1527
PAS@merrittgrp.com
Source: Siemens AG and PAS Global, LLC
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