Increase in high-profile attacks targeting critical infrastructure raises security concerns
SAN JOSE, Calif., (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AVEVA, a global leader in engineering and industrial software, signed a partnership agreement with Virsec, a leader in cybersecurity innovation. With this partnership, AVEVA customers gain access to in-memory cyber protection for Industrial Control (ICS) and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems. Virsec’s patented technology can reduce risks posed by targeted cyberattacks across IT and OT systems.
Digital transformation at industrial and engineering organizations has prompted a renewed focus on securing digital assets. As Information Technology (IT) systems and Operations Technology (OT) converge, an increase in high-profile attacks targeting critical infrastructure has raised security concerns. Virsec Trusted Execution™ provides an effective layer of protection against these advanced attacks by ensuring applications perform only as designed.
“We are thrilled to help AVEVA proactively protect industrial, engineering and critical infrastructure organizations from these dangerous security threats”, said Atiq Raza, CEO of Virsec. “With this partnership, we can now provide AVEVA customers our industry-leading security technology as an integrated part of an AVEVA solution.”
“AVEVA continues to pursue new strategies and alliances to pre-emptively harden and secure its industrial and engineering software portfolio. By partnering with Virsec, we have added an important layer of protection for our customers, leading the industry in applying the latest security technologies,” said Rashesh Mody, Vice President, Monitoring
On January 30, 2018, a partnership with Cylance was announced to provide end-point protection to AVEVA’s industrial software portfolio. This protection – combined with the complementary in-memory security protection enabled by Virsec – strengthens the overall security of AVEVA’s industrial software portfolio.
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