Whether scaling back railway delays, bolstering grid integrity, fortifying street security via ITS, or harnessing wind farm data for optimized maintenance schedules, you’re likely grappling with a common challenge: seamlessly integrating more OT assets while enhancing the cyber resilience of your critical infrastructure.
Designing seamless and dynamic operational frameworks across metropolitan, regional, or rural territories is not merely a challenge of networking infrastructure, but also poses significant implications for cybersecurity. Across various sectors, regulations akin to the North American Electric Reliability Corporation’s Critical Infrastructure Protection Standard and the European Union’s Network and Information Security Directive require robust cybersecurity protocols to be implemented. Throughout the enterprise, safety has consistently been a fundamental consideration in the design process. In operational networks, a common shortcoming is the lack of fundamental security measures, making a solitary breach potentially catastrophic for distributed infrastructures.
As industrial operators upgrade their wide-area network (WAN) infrastructure to enhance efficiency and streamline operations, they face a significant opportunity to adopt architectures that harmoniously integrate networking and security – an approach successfully employed by enterprises for decades. For two decades, Cisco has developed and refined its line of ruggedized routers, engineered specifically to withstand the harsh realities of demanding operational environments. Our cutting-edge portfolio of offerings features the latest, most advanced and modular hardware, coupled with robust cybersecurity capabilities and streamlined centralised management, enabling seamless scaling of secure distributed operations.
Empower distributed operations by leveraging cutting-edge, native community safeguards.
Ensuring that critical security techniques are safeguarded from cyber threats upon connection to the Wide Area Network (WAN) infrastructure is paramount. The Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) terminology for ensuring security across the interface between Information Technology (IT) and Operational Technology (OT). Does NERC CIP necessitate a default deny stance across the entire digital safety perimeter? Requires a clear-cut distinction between the Information Technology (IT) and Operations Technology (OT) domains. To help operators secure and manage their distributed assets without requiring dedicated on-site equipment, Cisco Catalyst Industrial Routers provide a comprehensive suite of features and robust cybersecurity capabilities that effectively block modern threats, including:
- Permits solely authorized personnel to traverse the perimeter of the operational area.
- allows each critical and non-critical asset to utilize a unified physical framework, while ensuring complete isolation between them in the event of a breach.
- IDS/IPS solutions identify and block recognized threats and malicious activities, mirroring the tactics employed by attackers attempting to exploit vulnerabilities.
- Prevents unauthorized and potentially harmful data from infiltrating the system.
- Ensures exclusive access to reputable and trusted domains is authorized.
- Equivalent to Cisco’s Safe Entry solution, this offering combines secure internet gateway, domain name system (DNS) security, cloud-delivered firewall capabilities, and more, allowing organizations to shift their advanced security policies from the perimeter to a centralized enforcement point.
Distributed enforcement, centralized administration
As a result of the decentralized structure of critical infrastructure, there may exist numerous smaller-scale platforms that necessitate robust protection against cyber threats to ensure their integrity. To ensure seamless efficiency in safety measures, it is crucial to implement a unified strategy for constructing, managing, and deploying insurance policies, thereby closing potential gaps in defense and ensuring equal protection for all websites and properties.
Cisco simplifies operational management for industrial automation at the OT edge by providing comprehensive, multi-layered security capabilities across the entire network stack. Without the need for additional infrastructure or a separate management console, the Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Supervisor provides network administrators with a user-friendly interface to centrally manage and control the NGFW capabilities embedded within Cisco Industrial Routers across the site.
What security measures can be implemented to ensure a robust and secure Industrial Wide Area Network (WAN)?
The seamless integration of cutting-edge networking capacities and advanced security measures ensures the continuous operation of our critical infrastructure. Can we truly gain by sacrificing what’s essential? Cisco’s Industrial Routers, in tandem with the Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Supervisor, deliver a rugged hardware platform capable of withstanding extreme conditions, robust network capabilities to ensure resilience, and embedded Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) features that prevent malicious actors from breaching operational perimeters?
As you transform your distributed operations, seize this opportunity to build a robust foundation by integrating cutting-edge SD-WAN and advanced cybersecurity capabilities into our modular industrial routers, thereby enabling seamless connectivity and unparalleled safety, allowing you to operate with enhanced reliability, security, and efficiency.
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