Global industrial automation vendors validate system resiliency and reduce cyber risk to critical industrial operations

Wurldtech Security Technologies, a provider of cyber risk and compliance management solutions for industrial automation industries, announced that HIMA Paul Hildebrandt GmbH + Co KG, a supplier of safety-related automation solutions, has selected the Achilles Satellite Security Assurance Platform to expand internal robustness testing best practices for its product portfolio.

By integrating Achilles into established product development processes, HIMA and other global equipment manufacturers of Ethernet TCP/IP-based automation systems are greatly reducing business risk for their customers by proactively identifying, isolating and remediating vulnerabilities in process automation and control systems before they are deployed in operational industrial networks; minimizing downtime and improving the overall security, availability and integrity of global critical infrastructure.

"Security and robustness testing plays an integral role in our product development lifecycle and enables our world-class development team to continuously improve the overall resiliency of our industrial safety automation product portfolio," says Stefan Ditting, Product Manager of HIMA. "To ensure our global customer base receives the highest level of on-going security assurance, with both legacy and next-generation safety systems, we selected Achilles to validate system performance under real-world conditions and improve the security and reliability of our customer’s operations.”

Developed specifically to address cyber-security challenges unique to the industrial automation industry, Achilles has claimed the leadership mantle as the trusted solution for diagnosing known and unknown vulnerabilities in SCADA and industrial control systems and is now widely deployed amongst global operators, systems integrators and vendors who supply and manage critical infrastructure in sectors such as oil and gas, power, energy, water, transportation, telecommunications, manufacturing, as well as military and intelligence.

“Global industrial automation equipment vendors are continually looking for solutions to improve the security posture of their products and are rapidly adopting expert cyber-security testing as a crucial component of the development lifecycle,” says Tyler Williams, President and CEO of Wurldtech Security Technologies, Inc. “We are pleased to add HIMA to our growing list of control system manufacturers who have chosen to leverage our Achilles technology to diagnose, mitigate and manage cyber-security risk from design through deployment.”