Belden and FireEye Secure Industrial Controls against Cyber Attacks
Belden Inc. and FireEye, Inc. today announced a partnership to provide integrated industrial network security solutions to critical infrastructure providers around the world. Recent cyber attacks against the Ukrainian grid confirm ICS-CERT reports of a dramatic increase in cyber attacks that penetrate industrial control system networks over the last year and points out that more of these attacks are gaining access to the control system layer of the network. Access to the ICS network layer allows attackers to impact availability, reliability and safety of mission critical infrastructure.
"Industrial control systems are built on technology designed to last for decades that can't easily be upgraded, patched or replaced with modern systems," said David DeWalt, chairman of the board and CEO at FireEye. "By bringing FireEye, Belden and Tripwire technology together, we're able to add advanced detection and visibility from the enterprise edge of the network to the ICS zone, and provide the services necessary to help mitigate an attack before an adversary can take down a key piece of critical infrastructure."
Belden has been a technology leader in mission critical industrial networking solutions for over 100 years. With an industry-leading portfolio of solutions including GarrettCom, Hirschmann, Prosoft, and Tofino, Belden is a trusted partner in every major industrial market. Industrial cyber security continues to be a critical and strategic initiative for Belden as evidenced by their recent acquisition of Tripwire.
"Industrial cyber security is about uptime and safety," said John Stroup, CEO of Belden. "We are a trusted partner in the industrial market because we understand their unique requirements and focus on delivering effective, pragmatic solutions designed for mission critical systems. Our partnership with FireEye is a natural extension of our cyber security strategy and makes it easier for our customers to protect themselves against the rising tide of ICS cyber attacks."
FireEye has invented a purpose-built, virtual machine-based security platform that provides real-time threat protection to enterprises and governments worldwide against the next generation of cyber attacks. These highly sophisticated cyber attacks easily circumvent traditional signature-based defenses, such as next-generation firewalls, IPS, anti-virus, and gateways. The FireEye Threat Prevention Platform provides real-time, dynamic threat protection without the use of signatures to protect an organization across the primary threat vectors and across the different stages of an attack life cycle. The core of the FireEye platform is a virtual execution engine, complemented by dynamic threat intelligence, to identify and block cyber attacks in real time.
