Industrial Control System Security Assessments
Cross Company Process Control System Security Assessments
As the industrial world becomes more and more connected, it’s important that your process facility be able to keep up. Industrial control systems (ICSs) for process facilities have moved from isolated, stand-alone systems to integrated, interconnected networks. While these networks are able to significantly increase productivity, they are also potentially vulnerable to cyber attacks.
ICSs are exposed to a multitude of cybersecurity threats that pose significant risks to industrial operations and critical infrastructure. Cross Company Process Solutions understands the gravity of these risks and specializes in offering comprehensive ICS security assessments to safeguard your systems and operations.
Understanding the Importance of Control System Security
Simply put, the importance of ICS cybersecurity and regular security assessments can’t be overstated. When implemented correctly, security measures protect your organization at all levels. They protect your operators and plant personnel from potentially malfunctioning equipment, they protect your production from unexpected stoppage or extended recovery time, and they protect your bottom line from the associated recovery/downtime costs.
Industrial control system security assessments equip facility owners, operators, and stakeholders with the necessary information to ensure they’re staying one step ahead of cyber attacks. This includes procedures to make attacks significantly more difficult, time-consuming, expensive, and technically challenging.
At Cross Company Process Solutions, our goal is to work with you to ensure operational resilience. Addressing vulnerabilities within control systems is crucial to ensuring their resilience in the face of cyber incidents.
Identify Vulnerabilities
Enhance Digital Resilience
Protect Critical Infrastructure
Mitigate Operational Risks
Enhance Overall System Efficiency
Tailored ICS Security Assessments from Cross
At Cross, we bring years of experience and expertise to the field of ICS security assessments. Our specialized team has conducted assessments across diverse industrial sectors, from railway systems and electric utilities to oil refineries and chemical plants. We offer tailored services designed to analyze and understand your industrial processes and operational technologies comprehensively.
Our ICS security assessment services include
ICS Security Assessments
We identify potential security vulnerabilities within your ICS environment by conducting a wide range of tests and audits of your systems to ensure they meet desired standards. This includes evaluating network security resilience against data link layer attacks, monitoring network traffic for potential information exposure, identifying devices, operating systems, and applications, and detecting vulnerable network services.
Technical Security Audits
Our ICS specialists employ a diverse range of tests to evaluate your existing protection mechanisms within the ICS network and environment. This includes an analysis of network architecture, procedures for applying updates, anti-virus protection effectiveness, and security policies, among other critical areas. We also assess the placement of equipment, backup network, security cabinet and telecoms equipment.
Reporting and Mitigation
Assessments don’t end with testing; they extend to reporting and mitigation. Adequate vulnerability details and mitigation information should be provided to enable efficient remediation of identified security weaknesses. Collaboration between assessment and ICS personnel throughout the process enhances knowledge transfer and the overall effectiveness of assessment and mitigation efforts.
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The Importance of Regular Cybersecurity Assessments
As industrial control systems become more and more interconnected, the threat landscape has only become more menacing. Ensuring the safety of your facility, your personnel, and your production process from cyber attacks has become a top priority for many manufacturers. And cybersecurity assessments are critical tools to comprehensively evaluate and mitigate potential vulnerabilities that could disrupt, damage, or compromise your ICS.
These assessments are geared specifically towards industrial control systems, setting them apart from traditional IT security audits. Some of the features that set ICS assessments for security apart include
Specialized considerations and equipment – Testing ICSs demands specialized tools and methodologies due to the potential impact of security tests on production systems. It’s crucial to understand the implications of testing within a production environment and, whenever possible, conduct assessments on offline or backup ICSs.
Effective prioritization – Selecting the right testing areas and establishing a test plan with the appropriate level of detail is essential. This ensures that the assessment meets the asset owner’s needs while retaining the flexibility to leverage the expertise of the assessment team.
Comprehensive testing processes – A detailed understanding of the testing process is critical for both asset owners and assessment teams. This knowledge enables asset owners to grasp the steps involved and the rationale behind them, fostering collaboration and knowledge transfer.
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Why Cross ICS Security Assessments?
At Cross Company Process Solutions, we understand the critical importance of industrial cybersecurity for industrial manufacturing operations. As your trusted partner, we provide comprehensive cybersecurity solutions tailored to the unique needs of your industrial process facility. Our expertise in understanding the complex relationship between operational technology (OT) and information technology (IT) allows us to deliver robust protection against cyber threats while ensuring uninterrupted production.
We understand that cybersecurity is more than just a checklist. It’s a continuous process of anticipating and adapting to change. Our primary goal is to safeguard your future, ensuring that your industrial processes remain secure, reliable, and efficient as you grow and expand.
By fortifying your cybersecurity posture, you empower your organization to innovate, optimize processes, and remain agile in the face of changing market demands. Your success is our success, and together, we can navigate the digital age securely and seize new opportunities while mitigating risks.
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At Cross, we offer much more than just industrial control system security assessments. We can also provide the solutions our process manufacturing partners need to succeed. Check out our other process solutions equipment and see for yourself.
