NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Indegy, the leader in industrial cyber security, today announced that nearly 60 percent of executives at critical infrastructure operators polled in a recent survey said they lack appropriate controls to protect their environments from security threats. As expected, nearly half of all respondents indicated their organizations plan to increase spending for industrial control system (ICS) security measures in the next 12-24 months.
“We have been tracking the escalation in cyber threat activity specifically targeting critical infrastructures for some time,” says Barak Perelman, CEO of Indegy. “As the recent joint DHS/FBI CERT Technical Alert illustrates, adversaries have compromised facilities across the US to conduct reconnaissance and likely develop “Red Button” capability for future attacks.”
Lack of Visibility and Control Cited
While organizations have made significant investments to secure their IT infrastructures, they have not fully addressed threats to operational technology (OT) environments. The recent Indegy poll of nearly 100 executives from various critical infrastructure organizations underscores the lack of preparedness in key sectors including energy, utilities and manufacturing. Among the key findings:
- 35% of respondents said they have little visibility into the current state of security within their environment, while 23% reported they have no visibility
- 63% claimed that insider threats and misconfigurations are the biggest security risks they currently face
- 57% said they are not confident that their organization, and other infrastructure companies, are in control of OT security
- Meanwhile, 44% of respondents indicated an increase in ICS spending was planned in the next 12 to 24 months, with 29% reporting they were not sure
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About Indegy
Indegy, the leader in industrial cyber
security, protects Industrial Control Systems (ICS) used in critical
infrastructure, utilities and manufacturing industries against
operational disruptions caused by external and internal threats. By
providing comprehensive visibility into the control-plane engineering
activities performed in operational technology networks, Indegy’s
Industrial Cyber Security Platform automatically discovers all
controllers (PLCs, RTUs, DCSs) on ICS networks, monitors all access and
changes in real-time, and validates their integrity ensuring no
unauthorized changes go undetected. Indegy enables advanced detection
and response to threats that place the safety, reliability and security
of industrial networks at risk before damage occurs.
The company has been named a Gartner “Cool Vendor” for Industrie 4.0, one of the 10 Most Promising Cyber Security Startups by Forbes Israel, is a TiE50 winner, Network World Hot Security Startup to Watch and Product Leader in Industrial Cyber Security by Frost & Sullivan. For more information visit www.indegy.com, and follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn.
