Press Release

Plantdata Technologies Leads Industry with More than 50 SCADA Security Assessments

MANSFIELD, Mass., August 01, 2006

PlantData Technologies, a leading SCADA security, IT services and industrial automation firm, today announced it has completed more than 50 SCADA, EMS, and DCS Security assessments in the past five years. A division of Verano, Inc., the leading provider of security and SCADA solutions for mission-critical industries, PlantData continues its commitment to serving energy, utility, transmission and distribution, transportation and other critical infrastructure industries.

Made up of professionals with an average of 10 years of SCADA and security experience, PlantData has been the security resource of choice for mission-critical organizations requiring a complete and thorough analysis of their real-time control networks. With more SCADA security experience than any other company in the industry, PlantData has the knowledge to make effective suggestions and recommendations for SCADA security system mitigation and improvement. Customers can also count on PlantData to assist them with meeting newly implemented NERC CIP requirements with a NERC Compliance Gap Analysis.

Large utility companies, such as PlantData customer, Constellation Energy, are often faced with the challenge of ensuring that their critical real-time control systems and associated networks are secure. PlantData responds by using a seven-layer defense assessment model, designed to expose vulnerabilities in each network layer from the control network perimeter all the way down to the PLC and RTU devices that control the process.

"In preparation for NERC CIP compliance, Constellation knew we had to hire a proven SCADA security firm," said Steve Noel, risk manager, Constellation Energy. "PlantData was selected for their extensive experience with SCADA systems and networks compared to traditional enterprise security firms. Their appreciation for the unique sensitivities of mission-critical real-time control systems gave us the comfort level to select them for our critical assets audit."

Over the past five years, Plant Data has conducted similar SCADA security assessments for clients such as: the Department of Energy (DOE), Electric Power Research Institute, Madison Gas and Electric, VaxGen, Syncrude, and Tri-State Generation and Transmission. PlantData has also been the trusted choice to deliver assessments on behalf of several U.S. labs, DYONYX and Schlumberger, amongst others. Recent PlantData assessment wins include Constellation Energy and Tri-State Generation & Transmission.

"PlantData Technologies has been chosen time and again for its subject matter expertise in SCADA and DCS assessments and will continue to work with new and existing customers to help identify the most effective starting point in securing their SCADA, EMS, DCS, and real-time control environments," said Jonathan Pollet, founder and vice president, PlantData Technologies.

With PlantData's SCADA security assessment and NERC CIP gap analysis experience and Verano's Industrial Defender SCADA security solution, mission-critical organizations now have an expert resource to assist with NERC CIP compliance and SCADA security mitigation.

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Contacts

Todd Nicholson		Meredith Schwenk
Industrial Defender, Inc.		SHIFT Communications
+1 (508) 718-6705		+1 (617) 779-1830
tnicholson@industrialdefender.com		mschwenk@shiftcomm.com