Skybox Security Partners CyberX to enhance Security in Industrial Control Systems

Modeling, access simulation, and vulnerability analysis capabilities bring enhanced visibility to SCADA and ICS networks to maintain uptime and avoid disruption

Skybox Security, a global leader in security analytics, announced today its integration with the CyberX industrial internet security platform. Through the integration, Skybox will power complete visibility across industrial control systems (ICS), supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) and IT networks. Benefits include:

• Enhanced visibility of the attack surface in critical infrastructure deployments
•     End-to-end access analysis from any source and to any destination – even between hybrid IT and operational technology (OT) environments
• Vulnerability exposure analysis in the context of existing security controls and known risks
• Increased uptime and reduced disruptions due to security improvements

Cyber attacks on systems managed by ICS networks can have a catastrophic impact on safety, economies, and critical services, which makes them a notorious and potentially lucrative target.

The CyberX XSense platform models OT networks as a state machine. XSense uses continuous monitoring, real-time data collection and machine learning to detect unfamiliar activity to protect against cyber attacks and operational malfunction or tampering.

Integration with the Skybox Security Suite pulls data from the XSense platform into a visual, interactive model of the attack surface. The model combines ICS and SCADA network data with information from a variety of sources including the Skybox Vulnerability Database, threat intelligence feeds, security analysts, SIEMs and more. This provides comprehensive visibility and contextual intelligence for more accurate prioritization of cyber risks not just in the IT network, but across the entire organization.