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Schneider Electric and Waterfall Security Join Forces to Ensure Safety, Reliability of Control System Networks
Published Jul 22, 2014
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Schneider Electric, a global specialist in energy management, and Waterfall Security Solutions (Waterfall), which specializes in critical infrastructure and industrial control systems security, today announced a partnership to bring stronger-than-firewall cybersecurity technologies to Schneider Electric customers.
Protecting the safety and reliability of industrial control system networks in the face of increasingly sophisticated cyber-attack capabilities is a priority for both Waterfall and Schneider Electric. Welcoming Waterfall to the Schneider Electric Collaborative Automation Partner Program (CAPP) provides the platform needed to offer the company’s state-of-the-art cybersecurity protections to Schneider Electric customers in more than 200 countries.
The Schneider Electric CAPProgram Deployment Director, Loic Regnier, commented: “Accomplished technology partner companies like Waterfall Security, recognized in the industry by analysts and customers alike, bring advanced capabilities for our customers. They contribute to help build complete customer solutions by Schneider Electric.”
Starting with the Schneider Electric control system platforms, the Waterfall suite of stronger-than-firewall solutions dramatically improves control-system network perimeter security and simplifies compliance with industrial cybersecurity standards and best-practices, ranging from the power sector’s NERC CIP standards to the cross-industry IEC 62443 and NIST documents.
Waterfall’s proven Unidirectional Security Gateway technologies are deployed widely in electric power, water, and oil and gas sectors, and the company’s new products, including the award-winning FLIPTM and secure inbound/outbound gateway architecture for electric sector Balancing Authorities are widening the scope of stronger-than-firewall perimeter protections.
“Schneider Electric’s partnership with Waterfall is the next step in our commitment to assist customers in operating secure systems by complementing our core offering with best in class partners,” said David Doggett, Cyber Security Program Director at Schneider Electric.
Lior Frenkel, CEO and Co-founder of Waterfall, said: “We have very high hopes for our partnership with Schneider Electric, given its position as a leader in the industrial automation field. The continued support of Schneider Electric for strong cybersecurity will have a significant impact on the security posture of critical infrastructure sites across many industries.”
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