GE Boosts Cybersecurity Protections for Industrial Controls Systems
Posted: 2013-3-31
GE Measurement & Control has introduced its new CAP
Software Update and Security Appliance solutions to more effectively
protect existing industrial controls systems from ever-changing cybersecurity
threats around the world.
To keep pace with constantly evolving cyber threats, GE's new CAP Software
Update will support the efforts of critical infrastructure asset owners to more
effectively manage their current digital patch levels and anti-virus/host intrusion
detection signatures. The upgrades also enhance system-backup capabilities to
help customers maintain the continuity of their operations.
GE’s new SecurityST Appliance uses innovative virtualization technology to
minimize security lifecycle costs and provide enhanced recovery capabilities. The
SecurityST Appliance provides centralized account management, event logging
and management, network intrusion detection and update and backup change
management.
"Energy producers are facing mounting challenges in securing their industrial
controls, and we embrace our responsibility both to help organizations
continually improve their security postures and support compliance efforts as
they relate to GE equipment," said Terry Knight, general manager- control
solutions for GE Measurement & Control, a GE Oil & Gas division.
GE’s Measurement & Control business is a leading innovator in sensor-based
measurement, inspection, asset condition monitoring, controls and radiation
measurement solutions that deliver accuracy, productivity and safety to
customers in a wide range of industries, including the oil and gas, power
generation, aerospace, transportation and healthcare sectors.
GE’s Measurement & Control business’ new initiative reflects GE’s broader
commitment to enhance internal and external cybersecurity for GE’s equipment
and customers. In 2011, GE opened a new Information Security Technology
Center in Virginia that specializes in cybersecurity for GE systems. The center
focuses on security management strategies to prevent, detect and fix risks to
GE’s data, assets and intellectual property. The center also works on a host of
key risk management areas such as network design, software architecture and
data management.
In 2012, GE unveiled its Industrial Internet initiative to help organizations achieve
greater operational efficiency and savings through the use of networks,
intelligent sensors and cloud computing technologies. Maintaining a protected IT
infrastructure is a vital requirement for the Industrial Internet, underscoring the
importance of GE's commitment to cybersecurity.
About GE
GE (NYSE: GE) works on things that matter. The best people and the best
technologies taking on the toughest challenges. Finding solutions in energy,
health and home, transportation and finance. Building, powering, moving and
curing the world. Not just imagining. Doing. GE works. For more information,
visit the company's website at http://www.ge.com/
About GE Oil & Gas
GE Oil & Gas is a world leader in advanced technologies and services with 37,000
employees in more than 100 countries supporting customers across the industry
—from extraction to transportation to end use. Making the environment, health
and safety, quality and integrity our highest priorities is The Way We Work. Our
technologies and services include: surface and subsea drilling and production,
monitoring and diagnostics, measurement and controls, large-scale LNG,
pipeline compression and inspection, well site and industrial power generation,
technologies for the refining and petrochemical industries, and modular CNG
and LNG units for transportation sectors. Through our customized service
solutions, training programs and technologies, GE Oil & Gas partners with
customers to maximize their efficiency, productivity and equipment reliability;
develop their next generation workforce; and fully benefit from the megatrends
of natural gas, the growth of subsea and hard-to-reach reserves and the
revolution in asset health management.
Software Update and Security Appliance solutions to more effectively
protect existing industrial controls systems from ever-changing cybersecurity
threats around the world.
To keep pace with constantly evolving cyber threats, GE's new CAP Software
Update will support the efforts of critical infrastructure asset owners to more
effectively manage their current digital patch levels and anti-virus/host intrusion
detection signatures. The upgrades also enhance system-backup capabilities to
help customers maintain the continuity of their operations.
GE’s new SecurityST Appliance uses innovative virtualization technology to
minimize security lifecycle costs and provide enhanced recovery capabilities. The
SecurityST Appliance provides centralized account management, event logging
and management, network intrusion detection and update and backup change
management.
"Energy producers are facing mounting challenges in securing their industrial
controls, and we embrace our responsibility both to help organizations
continually improve their security postures and support compliance efforts as
they relate to GE equipment," said Terry Knight, general manager- control
solutions for GE Measurement & Control, a GE Oil & Gas division.
GE’s Measurement & Control business is a leading innovator in sensor-based
measurement, inspection, asset condition monitoring, controls and radiation
measurement solutions that deliver accuracy, productivity and safety to
customers in a wide range of industries, including the oil and gas, power
generation, aerospace, transportation and healthcare sectors.
GE’s Measurement & Control business’ new initiative reflects GE’s broader
commitment to enhance internal and external cybersecurity for GE’s equipment
and customers. In 2011, GE opened a new Information Security Technology
Center in Virginia that specializes in cybersecurity for GE systems. The center
focuses on security management strategies to prevent, detect and fix risks to
GE’s data, assets and intellectual property. The center also works on a host of
key risk management areas such as network design, software architecture and
data management.
In 2012, GE unveiled its Industrial Internet initiative to help organizations achieve
greater operational efficiency and savings through the use of networks,
intelligent sensors and cloud computing technologies. Maintaining a protected IT
infrastructure is a vital requirement for the Industrial Internet, underscoring the
importance of GE's commitment to cybersecurity.
About GE
GE (NYSE: GE) works on things that matter. The best people and the best
technologies taking on the toughest challenges. Finding solutions in energy,
health and home, transportation and finance. Building, powering, moving and
curing the world. Not just imagining. Doing. GE works. For more information,
visit the company's website at http://www.ge.com/
About GE Oil & Gas
GE Oil & Gas is a world leader in advanced technologies and services with 37,000
employees in more than 100 countries supporting customers across the industry
—from extraction to transportation to end use. Making the environment, health
and safety, quality and integrity our highest priorities is The Way We Work. Our
technologies and services include: surface and subsea drilling and production,
monitoring and diagnostics, measurement and controls, large-scale LNG,
pipeline compression and inspection, well site and industrial power generation,
technologies for the refining and petrochemical industries, and modular CNG
and LNG units for transportation sectors. Through our customized service
solutions, training programs and technologies, GE Oil & Gas partners with
customers to maximize their efficiency, productivity and equipment reliability;
develop their next generation workforce; and fully benefit from the megatrends
of natural gas, the growth of subsea and hard-to-reach reserves and the
revolution in asset health management.
