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CYBERSECURITY

communicate with each other. With this install anything on the machine but provides information about any threats found on it,
data, OT operators or security teams so security teams can plan the necessary actions.
can quickly understand elements such As a platform, Kaspersky Industrial Cyber Security also ensures native integration of
as where in the network a problem all its components, including KICS for Nodes for Windows and Linux, KICS for Networks,
occurs and to what physical object in the and orchestration through a single management platform. Deeper integration of KICS for
production area it refers, allowing them Nodes and KICS for Networks enables network alerts enriched with data about a host,
to fix it faster. its processes and under which user it was launched. IT/OT security teams, SOC analysts
Kaspersky Industrial Cyber Security and SCADA operators now have more visibility over suspicious actions as a result and can
for Nodes also gives OT security experts a make informative decisions about response actions.
portable USB scanner to use on machines “With this update, we are empowering our customers with a risk-oriented and
for which policies restrict installation of compliance-oriented OT security management platform. Kaspersky Industrial Cyber
any software, including cyber security Security shines the light on incidents and hidden vulnerabilities, misconfigurations and
products. These can be old endpoints other weaknesses to minimise the risk of disruption to critical industrial processes.
with outdated software or those that are Along with corporate cyber security products, Kaspersky Industrial Cyber Security is
too critical to install something on them. a crucial element of the ecosystem for industrial organisations to protect their assets
Another use case is subcontractors’ from any threat vector, whether it exploits IT or OT. Through the native integration
equipment, which they may use inside of all components in the ecosystem, and with a single management platform, we
the customer’s OT network. OT security are gradually implementing the extended detection and response (XDR) concept for
specialists can use a simple USB flash industrial cyber security in our portfolio,” comments Andrey Strelkov, senior product
drive to download the scanner from KICS manager at Kaspersky. n
for Nodes and then use it to scan the
isolated machine. The scanner doesn’t To learn more about Kaspersky Industrial Cyber Security please visit the web page.

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