Industrial Control System Security
Industrial Control System (ICS) Security Services
Industrial control systems (ICS) are the backbone of your manufacturing process. That’s why it’s critical to make sure your Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs), Remote Terminal Units (RTUs), Human-Machine Interfaces (HMIs), and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems are secure.
Modern, updated ICS systems typically require network connectivity, which exposes them to risks that isolated, local networks of the past weren’t exposed to. As the shift towards modern, streamlined control schemas continues, legacy systems, outdated operating systems, and unencrypted protocols pose a serious risk.
At Cross Company’s Process Solutions group, we work with you to make sure you’re protected. We partner with plant managers, engineers, and maintenance teams to remove hidden risks, maintain uptime, and protect infrastructure against expensive disruptions.
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The Importance of a Secure ICS
Industrial Control Systems (ICS) encompass the digital devices employed in a wide array of industrial processes, including critical infrastructure, manufacturing, and more. These systems consist of various components working in harmony to monitor and regulate operational technology (OT) systems. They manage variables like temperature, pressure, and flow rate (among other application-specific uses).
Key components within ICS include Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs), Remote Terminal Units (RTUs), Human-Machine Interfaces (HMIs), and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems. Traditionally, many of these systems were able to operate as required outside of internet connectivity. But as industries move towards a more streamlined, integrated control schema, network connectivity has become necessary. Without control system protection, your production may be at risk.
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Meet Your Compliance Standards With Cross
Meeting stringent regulatory or compliance standards can seem like a bottleneck for production. Cross can work with you to help your facility meet NIS2, IEC 62443, NIST CSF, and other critical compliance requirements.
We can also perform ICS security assessments to ensure compliance and prepare your operation for any upcoming audits.
As your security partner, Cross provides comprehensive cybersecurity assessments tailored to the unique needs of your industrial process facility. Our expertise in understanding the complex relationship between operational technology (OT) and information technology (IT) allows us to deliver robust protection recommendations against cyber threats while ensuring uninterrupted production
How Reliable ICS Security Helps Your Operation
There are many benefits to a robust and modernized process control system security plan, including preventing multi-million dollar losses, preserving essential services, and protecting resources.
Prevent Multi-Million Dollar Losses
Protect your bottom line by avoiding facility shutdowns, unplanned downtime, recovery costs, regulatory fines, and reputational damage
Preserve Essential Services
Implement systems that can ensure your mission critical functionality is maintained even during security events, reducing overall downtime
Protect Your Resources
Protect your OT from security breaches and your most important resource (your people) from catastrophic failure from inadequate security
How Cross Helps Protect Your Operation
Partnering with Cross Company for process control system security solutions provides your teams with direct access to certified expertise, decades of experience, and proven deployment methodologies. We work with you to protect your process, optimize your production, and secure your facility.
The lifecycle of this process typically looks something like
- Access – Our experts and control system engineers identify gaps in your risk profile, networks, and compliance standards to build an actionable security plan
- Design – Our team of control system architects and engineers design a defensible IT/OT architecture aligned with CPwE and established security principles
- Implement – We deploy robust security controls and safe-by-design configurations (ideally without disrupting existing, active operations)
- Manage – We implement the hardware and software necessary to effectively manage your ongoing operational technology (OT) security
- Optimize – Cross can modernize aging infrastructure to stay ahead of cyber threats and changing conditions, continually improving plant OT security
Secure Solutions for Your Plant
At Cross Company, our goal is to help your operation mitigate threats, whether those are external, internal, or through human error. Some common threats to your ICS security and how we can help mitigate them include
- External Threats – We implement a defense-in-depth approach to shield critical networking and control infrastructure from targeted attacks seeking to disrupt operations or exfiltrate data.
- Internal Threats – Legacy devices often lack robust authentication. Cross eliminates the risk of lateral movement (where an internal actor gains access to a single component and impacts multiple independent machines) by implementing strict access controls.
- Human Error – We eliminate vulnerabilities stemming from misconfigurations, programming mistakes, or overlooked alerts by embedding sufficient safeguards and safe-by-design configurations into your control systems.
How We Get It Right Every Time
Successfully executing a complex project like process control system upgrades, legacy control system migration, greenfield integration, or control system design takes more than guesswork. At Cross Company, we don’t believe in a “see what happens” approach.
That’s why we’ve developed a comprehensive project execution model to ensure every project flows perfectly, no matter the scope.
From Basis of Design (BOD) and/or Functional Design Specification (FDS) to Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) to Start-Up and Commissioning, we detail and document every step of the process. That way, your project goes exactly as expected.
We can even provide initial documentation as a separate offering. Take a look at the full model or contact Cross Company’s Process Solutions group to learn more.
Why Cross Control System Security?
At Cross Company Process Solutions, we understand the critical importance of industrial cybersecurity for industrial manufacturing operations. As your trusted partner, we provide comprehensive cybersecurity solutions tailored to the unique needs of your industrial process facility. Our expertise in understanding the complex relationship between operational technology (OT) and information technology (IT) allows us to deliver robust protection against cyber threats while ensuring uninterrupted production.
We understand that cybersecurity is more than just a checklist. It’s a continuous process of anticipating and adapting to change. Our primary goal is to safeguard your future, ensuring that your industrial processes remain secure, reliable, and efficient as you grow and expand.
Related Solutions for Process Applications
At Cross, we offer much more than just industrial control system security solutions. We can also provide the solutions our process manufacturing partners need to succeed. Check out our other process solutions equipment and see for yourself.
