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News Release - 15th July 2011
New cybersecurity risk management tool for industrial control systems
Citicus has launched Citicus ICS, a new
application to manage industrial process control risk. This enables
organizations to identify and manage risks in SCADA and other process
control systems, such as those supporting electricity generation, oil
and gas production, water distribution and factory automation. These
processes are the keystones of critical national infrastructure - which
is now facing an increasing number of threats.
Citicus’ model for measuring risk has been uniquely
developed from the world's largest set of data on what causes IT systems
to suffer incidents. Citicus ICS extends this to optimize the
specific ways in which risk factors should be evaluated for industrial
control systems - using criticality assessments, balanced risk
scorecards and supporting control and threat checklists. The use of
'risk dependency mapping' helps to identify and track interdependencies
between control systems, other IT systems and key parts of the risk
chain, including external suppliers and the services they provide.
Citicus ICS incorporates a knowledgebase of
key controls drawn from recognized specialist standards from the US
NIST, the UK Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure (CPNI)
and other bodies. Citicus' research and development of the new
application was completed in partnership with organizations in the
electricity, water and food production industries, and was part-funded
by the UK Government’s Technology Strategy Board.
Simon Oxley, Managing Director at Citicus said,
“There is a lot of interest in the robustness of
critical national infrastructures in the face of evolving threats,
especially following the recent Stuxnet and Night Dragon attacks.
Although there’s much guidance being published – primarily by
governments - there are few automated tools that allow organizations to
manage risks to industrial control systems efficiently or that scale
well. Our Citicus ICS risk management software represents a
significant step forward in ensuring the adequate protection of the
critical infrastructures that our society takes for granted.”
Marco Kapp, Director and co-founder of Citicus adds,
“Citicus has a strong track record of partnering
with our customers to deliver practical risk management tools based on
real-world experience. We think the new capabilities that have emerged
from this collaboration will be of great interest and value to
organizations in process-based industries of all types and sizes.”
Citicus ICS is available from Citicus as an
installable software application or as software-as-a-service.
About Citicus (www.citicus.com)
Citicus Limited was formed in 2000 by Sian Alcock, Marco
Kapp, and Simon Oxley. Its award-winning Citicus ONE risk and
compliance management software has been implemented in public and private sector
enterprises of all sizes around the world, and Citicus’ partnership relationship
with customers helps them implement and run their risk programmes successfully.
For more information, contact:
Simon Oxley, Citicus Ltd, Tel: +44
(0)20 7203 8405
E-mail: simon.oxley@citicus.com
Nick Hall, Citicus media relations:
Tel: + 44 (0)7949 111174
Email:
media.relations@citicus.com
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