TXOne Networks, the leading innovator in Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) security, today unveiled a key addition to its security platform designed to help administrators close the loop and mitigate vulnerabilities with the SageOne OT Cybersecurity Governance solution – a central part of the company’s end-to-end industrial security strategy.
This latest evolution of SageOne is set to transform the way industrial companies address and prioritize security weaknesses in their operational technology environments.
Acknowledging the unique difficulties and limitations of traditional IT-friendly vulnerability management methods as they apply to OT environments, TXOne SageOne now offers a tailored and actionable methodology for OT security.
And while traditional security systems can flood security personnel with a tidal wave of high-priority alerts, SageOne helps separate the fact from the hype and concentrate on potential risks that actually have the potential to disrupt business.
The SageOne feature utilizes a robust, risk-based vulnerability management methodology in three stages. First, by scanning deep into the OS-level vulnerability and configuration data supplemented with real-time threat intelligence, it generates highly accurate and contextually rich view of the actual risk exposure for each CPS asset.
This applies far beyond plain VCR scores in that the operational situation of each manufacturer is taken into account.
Second, SageOne ranks vulnerabilities by combining the criticality of assets, overt attack patterns, and defense elements with the proprietary Vulnerability Situational Awareness Rating (VSAR) risk score of TXOne Network.
This essential process enables security teams to sift through the noise and find the handful of high-end vulnerabilities that actually need immediate attention in an OT threat environment.
Lastly, SageOne mitigates the attack, by effectively analyzing automatically every asset’s context (device-type, operational-status, business-impact) and recommending the best mitigation course-of-action. This may be full patching, virtual patching, or just-in-time guided micro-segmentation, which can be achieved without taking production systems offline.
“TXOne SageOne is a revolutionary milestone for OT security governance, as it was specifically designed for OT network and system cybersecurity protection, not just for IT,” said Dr. Terence Liu, CEO of TXOne Networks. “This new release arms the teams that protect IIoT/ICS/OT environments with weapons custom-built for the unique dynamics that characterize OT environments, enabling them to generate insights that make a difference.
SageOne integrates seamlessly with other solutions within the TXOne Networks security solution offering – such as Stellar for endpoint security, Element for security inspection and Edge for network defense, providing centralized management, end-to-end visibility, and reduced vulnerability exposure across the entire CPS lifecycle. What we’re trying to aim for here is an overall coverage, and clear, easy-to-grasp picture of the operational security posture at any point in time.
