Network Security Services identify site vulnerabilities

Suited for Foxboro I/A Series automation systems, service is designed to protect against cyber attacks and other network intrusions at industrial sites. Site Security Review Service and System Security Hardening Service also help users develop effective security plan, identify specific site vulnerabilities, and protect against potentially catastrophic intrusions.

New services are designed to help identify site vulnerabilities and protect against cyber attacks and other network intrusions at industrial sites

HOUSTON, TEXAS, USA (ISA 2004 Conference and EXPO) - October 5, 2004 - Invensys Process Systems today introduced important new services designed to further enhance the security of the company's Foxboro-brand I/A Series automation systems. In development for more than two years, the new Site Security Review Service and the System Security Hardening Service are both part of Invensys' expanding suite of LifeTime Performance Improvement Services, which now also includes both Loop Management and Alarm Management services. These services work together to enable customers to maximize the performance of their installed automation assets.

"The industrial automation industry has been moving away from proprietary technology to more open and interoperable control systems. As underscored by a recent US government report , this trend clearly increases the potential vulnerability of these systems to cyber attacks via the Internet and from other external and internal network intrusions," said Ernest Rakaczky, director of process control network security at Invensys Process Systems.