Electricity and Control July 2020

CYBERSECURITY

Measuring and managing cyber risk

N etworks Unlimited Africa, a value-added distributor offering the latest solutions in converged technology, data centre, networking and security landscapes, recently announced it has joined the Tenable Assure™ partner pro- gramme and can now offer its customers the Tenable Cyber Exposure platform throughout Africa. Tenable’s Cyber Exposure platform is the industry’s first solution to holistically assess, manage and measure cyber risk across the contemporary attack surface. It uniquely provides the breadth of visibility into cyber risk across IT, Cloud, IoT and operational technology (OT) environments with the depth of analytics needed to measure and commu- nicate cyber risk in business terms, enabling organisations to make better strategic decisions. Stefan van de Giessen, General Manager: Cybersecurity at Networks Unlimited Africa, says, “For our security divi- sion, adding Tenable to our portfolio enables us to offer our customers a number of security capabilities within a single platform – including risk-based vulnerability management and a unified view of IT and OT assets and vulnerabilities.” With the convergence of IT and OT environments, organisations are looking for a holistic view of their infrastructure to avoid blindspots. Tenable.ot protects R ockwell Automation, a global leader in industrial automation and digital transformation, has released a new app that will help operations managers, plant floor managers and IT/OT professionals gauge levels of operational risk within their connected infrastructures. The Assessment Hub app covers networks, automation assets and cybersecurity and has been developed to help ensure that managers are more aware of the increased level of risks associated with the expansion of connected workspaces and smart manufacturing. Available now for Android and iOS, the app asks a series of simple, intuitive and thought-provoking questions before delivering a customer-specific low-, medium- or high-risk rating, relative to current industry best practice. Based on this, remedial work can be prioritised. According to Marc Baret, EMEA Regional Director, Cus- tomer Support and Maintenance, at Rockwell Automation: “Modern connected manufacturing operations rely on ro- bust, secure interconnected infrastructures and assets – a weakness at any point in this chain can introduce signifi- cant operational risks. As factories and plants grow organ- ically into a Connected Enterprise, it can be tough to keep track of precisely what has been installed and its potentially negative effects on the enterprise should any issues arise.

industrial networks from cyber threats, malicious insiders and human error. With threat detection and mitigation, asset inventory, vulnerability management and configuration controls, Tenable’s industrial control systems (ICS) security capabilities identify and

predictively prioritise threats and vulnerabilities to maximise the safety and reliability of operational technology environments. “At Tenable, we’re committed to collaborating with leading security technology distributors, so we’re delighted to add Networks Unlimited Africa to our partner programme,” said David Cummins, Vice President of Sales, EMEA for Tenable. “We look forward to working together, and to helping customers manage, measure and reduce their cyber risk.”

For more information visit: https://networksunlimited.africa/ or www.tenable.com

Assessment Hub app asks the risky questions

“We have developed this app to act as the starting point for a more thorough plant assessment,” he continues. “In our experience, from projects all over the globe, simple operational issues and risks can often be indicative of larger, more widespread problems, which are not always easy to predict or analyse. “By asking questions about networks, assets and security – even just a few simple ones, such as those used in the app, users can start to build a picture of where the potential risks are and then evolve and expand their operations in a more structured and well-managed envi- ronment. The primary aim of the app and our Network Security Services is to help

The Assessment Hub app enables users to assess levels of risk within the connected IT and OT infrastructure.

our customers build a more secure and robust architecture on which future, more productive and more profitable oper- ations can be based,” Baret concludes. The Assessment Hub App is available now in the Apple App Store and the Google Play Store.

For more information visit: www.rockwellautomation.com

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