Belden expands
Forescout partnership
to protect industrial
and critical
infrastructure from
cyberthreats
Leaders in ICS security have introduced enhanced joint offerings
to address industry needs for network segmentation and threat
detection to maintain visibility to and protection from cyberthreats.
Belden, a leading global supplier of
specialty networking solutions, and
its Tripwire and Hirschmann brands
have announced an extended partnership
with Forescout, a leader in device visibility
and control, to advance cybersecurity
for industrial organisations and critical
infrastructure. The companies will introduce
enhanced joint offerings to address industry
needs for network segmentation and threat
detection to maintain visibility to and
protection from cyber events that threaten
safety, productivity and quality.
“Over the next decade, industrial
networks will evolve to supply additional
bandwidth to the machine level, allowing
for applications to share the same
network,” said Ashish Chand, Executive VP,
Industrial Automation at Belden. “Network
segmentation will be imperative to meet
availability requirements for these real
time, next-generation industrial automation
networks. Belden and Forescout allow
operators to begin segmenting their
networks today with existing infrastructure,
while also providing a trajectory for
additional controls as next-generation
networks are deployed over time. We
are excited to provide for the needs of
today’s and tomorrow’s networks by
expanding our partnership with Forescout
and combining our complementary industrial
cybersecurity capabilities.”
Industrial network segmentation
made easy
Enhanced integration between the Forescout
platform and Hirschmann network
infrastructure makes segmentation an
immediate, viable defence against cyber
incidents. Whereas other solutions require
time-consuming, complex deployments, this
integration allows for rapid implementation
over heterogeneous automation networks,
minimising disruption and downtime. The
addition of Forescout eyeSegment simplifies
the initial creation and ongoing lifecycle
management of segmentation policies at
scale, while also providing simulation of
enforcement before implementation to avoid
any disruption to mission-critical operations.
Hirschmann’s switches are able to feed
eyeSegment network flows to provide
North/South and East/West traffic visibility.
This innovation allows industrial networks
to achieve micro segmentation – protecting
critical assets from malware, ransomware
and other incidents that comprise reliability.
The secure factory solution for
threat detection and response
The integration of Forescout, Tripwire
and Hirschmann capabilities provide a
holistic, synergistic industrial cybersecurity
platform for threat detection and response,
enabling both safety and uptime. The
integrated platform delivers comprehensive
cybersecurity and operational visibility with
industrial context that allows operators to
proactively identify and respond to threats
in a way that does not affect availability
nor require an enormous budget. The joint
solution, through the recent addition of
Forescout SilentDefense to the Tripwire
cybersecurity portfolio and Hirschmann
Industrial HiVision for network management,
has asset inventory and advanced network
troubleshooting capabilities that provide both
IT and OT perspective for maximum uptime.
Innovation through partnership
Forescout and Tripwire are also co-innovating
to drive cybersecurity and operational
improvements by incorporating efficient
and accurate configuration management
against cybersecurity frameworks as
criteria for network access in industrial
environments. Additional enhancements
will drive proactive, automated response
workflows, minimising the time a controls
engineer would need to analyse and take
action against critical findings from log,
vulnerability and change management
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