Partnership formed
to protect industrial
control systems from
cyberthreats
African value-added distributor, Networks Unlimited Africa, has
announced that it now offers industrial cybersecurity in South Africa
through a partnership agreement with Indegy, a leader in industrial
cybersecurity that protects industrial control system networks from
cyberthreats, human error and malicious insiders.
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tefan van de Giessen, General
Manager: Cybersecurity at Networks
Unlimited Africa, said he was excited
to bring the new product on board with the
security division.
“Through our partnership with Indegy,
we provide security for applications and
systems in the Industrial Internet of
Things (IIoT), Operational Technology (OT),
Industrial Control Systems (ICS) and critical
infrastructure arenas,” he said.
OT is the use of information technology
to control physical processes, devices and
infrastructure, and has operational and
management uses in public infrastructure,
transportation, energy, urban planning,
industries and manufacturing.
Critical infrastructure is a term used by
governments to describe assets that are
essential for the functioning of a society and
its economy. An industrial control system
is unique in the interaction that it has with
physical processes.
“Networks Unlimited Africa is a leading
provider of security solutions for operational
and information technology networks across
several key industrial markets,” said Erez
Shalom, AVP Strategic Channels EMEA &
APAC at Indegy.
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“This partnership will enable Indegy to
rapidly penetrate and build market share in
South Africa.”
Van de Giessen added: “The combination
of IIoT connectivity offered across production
and supply lines, and the way in which OT is
automating the modern world, interfacing
through electro-mechanical devices and
sensors, is opening up new vulnerabilities
and thus making cybersecurity for industrial
infrastructure a critical business imperative.
“The potential penetration of OT systems
by hackers puts critical infrastructure such
as water and energy supplies, transport
networks and production lines at the risk
of being disrupted or even shut down. The
main challenge in ensuring cybersecurity for
industrial systems is therefore the ability to
maintain uninterrupted industrial processes.”
Showing its diversity across
industries, Indegy’s customers globally
include the following:
One of the world’s three largest
automotive manufacturers
One of the three largest electrical power
utilities in Europe