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News Release from: Industrial Defender
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 14 September 2006
e-DMZ managed security service acquired
Verano, the SCADA security company, today announced the acquisition of the Managed Security Services Division of e-DMZ Security
Verano, the SCADA security company, today announced the acquisition of the Managed Security Services Division of e-DMZ Security As a result of this acquisition, Verano is launching Industrial Defender Co-Managed Security, the market's only co-managed security service for the real-time SCADA and control environment
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 26 Sep 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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Industrial Defender Co-Managed Security is the latest component of the Verano full security life-cycle solution for a real-time SCADA and control environment, which also includes SCADA security professional services, through Plant Data Technologies, and technology deployment with the Verano Industrial Defender.
The services division of e-DMZ has in-depth expertise in real-time SCADA and control security co-management, combined with the 15 years of Verano mission-critical SCADA and security protection, enables the market's first full security life-cycle solution unique to the challenging real-time SCADA and control environment.
Specific markets which benefit from this complete offering include power transmission and distribution, water distribution and treatment, gas and liquid pipelines, mass transit systems and power generation industries, as well as the chemical and pharmaceutical sectors.
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e-DMZ Security service engineers have helped secure more than 100 process control networks across the globe for customers in these markets.
"The monitoring services at e-DMZ Security have been key components of the Invista information security," said Stephanie Mitman, an information security consultant at Invista: "The continued employee flexibility, attention to detail and care for their customer well-being shows their commitment to protecting business information and processes.
Our information security group looks forward to the additional services which Verano brings to the table".
e-DMZ Security service customers have benefited from the company's unique capability to co-manage security of the real-time SCADA and control environment.
This is extremely valuable to customers who want direct access to and control of their deployed security devices, protecting their critical processes, while still realizing the advantages of centralised security monitoring and management.
Industrial Defender Co-Managed Security now provides proactive co-management of the entire real-time SCADA and control environment against cybersecurity threats.
"As companies gain greater real-time visibility into their assets through more open, standardised control systems, they open more doors for cybersecurity threats to enter these systems.
Combined increasing regulatory demands, SCADA security solutions will continue to grow in importance for these companies," said Christine Richards, research analyst, Energy Insights, an IDC Company.
"System security requires more than just software, so companies will begin demanding better ways to manage their security solutions on an on-going basis".
Global Mission-critical companies can now be fully protected against real-time SCADA and control cybersecurity threats, leveraging the Verano SCADA security professional services along with the co-management of the Industrial Defender SCADA specific perimeter protection, network intrusion detection, host intrusion detection and security event management console.
Headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware, e-DMZ Security Managed Services is the services division of e-DMZ Security, providing co-managed firewall and intrusion detection services for high-risk financial services, pharmaceutical and industrial networks.
Currently supporting Fortune 100 customers with managed devices in over 18 countries, e-DMZ Security Managed Services provides 'Razor Wire Protection' between the internet and their customer's internal network through a 24x7x365 manned security operations centre.
Basing its models on audit-proven techniques that provide superior operational stability, e-DMZ Security Managed Services offers a suite of services including Co-Managed Security and Professional Services.
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