Press Release
INDUSTRIAL DEFENDER NAMED EXCLUSIVE PROVIDER OF LEADING APPLICATION WHITELISTING TECHNOLOGY TO CORE CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE MARKETS
Automation systems owners benefit from Industrial Defender's unique expertise in developing technology for automation systems
FOXBOROUGH, Mass., August 15, 2011 - Industrial Defender, the global leader in security and compliance management for automation systems, announced a technology licensing agreement with CoreTrace Corporation. Specifically, Industrial Defender gains exclusive rights to deliver its CoreTrace Bouncer 6-based host intrusion prevention system (HIPS) to power, oil & gas, chemical and water markets worldwide, and to further develop the technology for these markets.
Customers will benefit from Industrial Defender's ability to further develop the product as a core component of its security and compliance management solutions portfolio. Industrial Defender's tight focus on automation systems means that future HIPS capabilities will be engineered in a manner that meets these organizations' unique technology requirements.
"Automation systems require security solutions that provide thorough protections against sophisticated attacks, including zero-day threats. At the same time, these systems have distinct requirements that many IT-centric security technologies, including anti-virus, fail to support," said Brian Ahern, president and CEO at Industrial Defender. "This agreement provides our customers and partners, including ABB, GE Energy, Itron and Elster Solutions, with access to HIPS technology tailored specifically for industrial automation markets."
For over a year, Industrial Defender has delivered HIPS as part of its integrated technology solutions portfolio and built tight integrations with its security event management technology. This agreement enables Industrial Defender to more comprehensively integrate HIPS technology with the company's suite of security and compliance management solutions, including automation system agents.
"Delivering security technology to industrial markets requires unique domain expertise along with deep technology experience. Industrial Defender clearly sits at the cross-section of these requirements," said Toney Jennings, president and CEO of CoreTrace. "Through this agreement, Industrial Defender will strengthen its position as the leading provider of integrated security and compliance solutions to automation systems owners worldwide."
Industrial Defender HIPS is whitelisting-based technology which enforces a limited "whitelist" of approved applications on each host system. By allowing only approved applications to execute, HIPS blocks all unauthorized applications. HIPS goes beyond "blacklist" technology by protecting against unknown and sophisticated attacks (e.g., rootkits, memory exploits and zero-day threats).
About Industrial Defender
Industrial Defender is the global leader in security & compliance management for automation systems. Our technology empowers customers to sustain security and compliance, while enhancing operational excellence by protecting against breaches that might threaten availability, performance, health and safety. Industrial Defender's portfolio of defense-in-depth security, sustainable compliance management, and policy and reporting solutions enable customers to monitor, manage and protect their vital assets, while easing the audit process.
For nearly a decade, Industrial Defender has focused exclusively on building solutions for automation environments, delivering low operational impact and tight integration with systems and protocols core to your business. Over 350 companies in 21 countries rely on Industrial Defender technology to help secure their critical infrastructure.
About CoreTrace
CoreTrace® is the leading provider of enterprise-ready, cross-platform application control and whitelisting solutions. The company's award-winning and patented Bouncer solution provides three key benefits — advanced threat protection, configuration control and application intelligence. CoreTrace supplies application control and whitelisting solutions to a number of OEM's as well as enterprise customers in a wide variety of industries including energy, oil and gas, retail, financial services, telecommunications, and government agencies.
Contacts
| John Riley | Kelly Kane |
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| Industrial Defender, Inc. | SHIFT Communications | |
| (508) 718-6760 | (617) 779-1866 | |
| jriley@industrialdefender.com | industrial-defender@shiftcomm.com |