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INTEGRITY—When Life Depends On It Water and wastewater management utility leaders have been put on notice... "Our information infrastructure—including...embedded processors and controllers in critical industries—increasingly is being targeted for exploitation and potentially for disruption or destruction." — J. Michael McConnell, Director of National Intelligence, February 7, 2008 160,000 public water systems. 2.3 million miles of distribution pipes. $150 billion in revenue. 84% of the total US population is served by public water systems. 51 billion gallons of drinking water are produced every day in the US, with 67% going to residential customers. $214 million spent on Industrial Control Systems. One billion gallons of water mistakenly released from a St. Louis, MO water storage dam due to remote monitoring problems. An entire water industry subject to attack by a single hacker working from anywhere in the world. It's not a matter of if; it's only a matter of when.
Sooner or later, cyber security strategies based on "pierce and patch" will result in:
A cyber security strategy based on "pierce and patch" is-- Unfathomable. Unacceptable. Untenable. Uneconomic. INTEGRITY — the most secure and reliable software system ever developed — can provide banks and other financial institutions with certified unbeatable cyber asset security. The National Information Assurance Partnership (NIAP) has awarded INTEGRITY a rating of EAL6+ High Robustness. No software system has ever come close to these ratings before INTEGRITY. With INTEGRITY, mission critical applications stay secure, customer data remains private, and control and command applications work without the possibility of intentional, hostile, well-funded, internal or external attack. And it's been certified — not once, but multiple times. The Water Sector Government Coordinating Council (GCC) released its "2007 Water Sector-Specific Plan (SSP)" which "provides the overarching framework for integrating Water Sector critical infrastructure and key resource protection efforts into a unified program coordinated by the Department of Homeland Security." The ten-year plan outlined in this report calls for water utilities to: Develop and Deploy Industrial Control System (ICS) Security Programs — INTEGRITY enables utilities to establish their own enterprise-wide and system-level protocols. Assess Risk — INTEGRITY makes determining where vulnerabilities exist by simply eliminating the risk. Remediation is also simplified as viruses and malware are eliminated with a single mouse click. Develop and Implement Risk Mitigation Measures — INTEGRITY ensures that critical cyber assets are always safe and always available from INTEGRITY-enabled data storage facilities should mitigation be required due to physical damage to an ICS. Certified as secure and reliable for both military and non-military use as a result of the most rigorous testing and evaluation possible, INTEGRITY offers:
To learn more about how INTEGRITY Global Security can secure your water utility, please call 888.882.0019 or 805.882.2500 or send email. |