Press Release
E.ON GROUP PARTNERS WITH INDUSTRIAL DEFENDER TO STANDARDIZE ORGANIZATION-WIDE SECURITY & COMPLIANCE TECHNOLOGY
Standardizing on Industrial Defender technology provides a consistent approach to driving an increased ability to monitor, manage and protect industrial sites
FOXBOROUGH, Mass., September 28, 2011 - Industrial Defender, the global leader in security and compliance management for automation systems, was selected by E.ON, one of the world's largest investor-owned power and gas companies, as the exclusive provider of security and compliance technology for the company's automation infrastructure.
"As E.ON Group developed a strategy for increasing security across its automation environments, it became clear that standardizing across our organization would benefit the company, both at the corporate- and site-levels," said Rita Lenander, chief information security officer at E.ON. "By partnering with Industrial Defender, we're providing our businesses access to a comprehensive set of integrated security technologies designed specifically for industrial control systems."
Through this partnership, E.ON will use Industrial Defender's integrated Protect technology solution at more than 40 sites to deliver a defense in depth approach.
"On a global basis, critical infrastructure owners and operators are taking proactive steps to build consistent strategies for ensuring the protection of critical cyber assets," said Brian Ahern, president and CEO at Industrial Defender. "E.ON Group's approach to offering a standard set of solutions across industrial sites serves as a best practice model for how large, distributed organizations may enact consistent security across the fleet."
By leveraging Industrial Defender's Protect solution, E.ON's critical assets will be able to more easily comply with various national and European Union-wide rules regulating critical infrastructure. Industrial Defender and E.ON partnered to create specific bundles appropriate for various sites depending upon the asset's criticality to the business.
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.
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 |