ABB understands the need for our customers to maintain a secure, reliable, control environment with minimal time and effort expended. Security has become a major concern for Industrial Control System owner\operators.
For Manufacturing and Control Systems in particular, the potential impact of a security incident includes endangerment of public or employee safety, loss of production, violation of regulatory requirements, harm to the environment and equipment damage. Implementing and maintaining a secure system is a challenging mission further complicated by the use of common industrial standards, technology advancements and the need for enterprise-wide connectivity to business systems.
While the reality is that no interconnected environment can be 100% secure, implementation of "defense in depth" security measures, stringent software update policies and strictly enforced standards will significantly mitigate security risks.
In addition to the security features provided in ABB Control Systems, such as access control, user authentication, and Audit Trail capability, ABB is actively participating on major control system security standards committees; including ISA, IEC, NERC-CIP and NIST, providing security guidance in system documentation and incorporating secure design practices into every phase of the product development process. These practices are designed to increase the integrity, availability and confidentiality of all system functions and help ABB customers take pro-active steps to mitigate the risk of unauthorized control system access.
ABB is working with leading universities world-wide to identify automation system specific threats and vulnerabilities, create security solutions for control systems and adapt standard IT security mechanisms to the manufacturing plant floor.
ABB is formally addressing cyber security in its control systems by having established security councils. The councils constantly review security requirements and ensure their implementation in the development of Products and Services.
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