{"id":34048,"date":"2018-12-15T09:59:36","date_gmt":"2018-12-15T01:59:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/?p=34048"},"modified":"2018-12-15T09:55:42","modified_gmt":"2018-12-15T01:55:42","slug":"symantec-unveils-industrys-first-neural-network-to-protect-critical-infrastructure-from-cyber-warfare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/2018\/12\/15\/symantec-unveils-industrys-first-neural-network-to-protect-critical-infrastructure-from-cyber-warfare\/","title":{"rendered":"Symantec unveils industry\u2019s first neural network to protect critical infrastructure from cyber warfare"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Symantec Corp. introduced Industrial ControlSystem Protection (ICSP) Neural, the industry\u2019s first neural network-integratedUSB scanning station that helps organizations protect infrastructure by preventing the physical consequences of cyber-attacks on operational technology (OT).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">OT is mission-critical in industries such as energy, oil and gas, manufacturing, and transportation, but legacy systems are often outdated and nearly impossible to secure with traditional endpoint security. Companies have typically relied on unscanned USB devices to update these systems, increasing the potential for malware infection and targeted attacks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The threat of cyber warfare \u2013 including physical damage and personal safety \u2013 is very real and the consequences are potentially devastating. Despite this, the industrial control systems that power critical infrastructure often run on outdated Windows systems leaving them vulnerable to both known and unknown threats. For example, the Symantec-discovered Stuxnet worm used USB-based malware to manipulate centrifuges in Iranian nuclear plants \u2013 ultimately sabotaging a key part of the country\u2019s nuclear program. To help combat this type of threat, the US government <a href=\"https:\/\/dod.defense.gov\/News\/Article\/Article\/1283326\/dod-initiates-process-to-elevate-us-cyber-command-to-unified-combatant-command\/\">elevated<\/a> its Cyber Command to a full combatant command in May 2018. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Symantec ICSP Neural utilizes artificial intelligence to prevent known and unknown attacks on IoT and OT environments by detecting and providing protection against malware on USB devices. ICSP Neural stations scan, detect USB-borne malware, and sanitize the devices. Existing ICSP deployments have shown that up to 50 percent of scanned USB devices are infected with malware.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cUSB devices are given away at events, shared between co-workers, and reused again and again for business and personal use, introducing the risk of accidental or malicious infection. The impact of connecting an infected device to a critical system can be devastating,\u201d said Patrick Gardner, senior vice president, advanced threat protection and email security, Symantec. \u201cBehind the scenes, ICSP Neural will retrofit existing infrastructure with a central nervous system to provide protection for critical infrastructure. On the frontend, an aluminum design embodies a simple user experience that highlights potential threats.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Simplifying the scanning process is critical to overall security hygiene, as operational technology environments are often in remote areas or field operations, far removed from an organization\u2019s IT teams. As such, the ICSP Neural scanning process is simple, requiring no specific security or IT training. Once connected, ICSP Neural emits visualizations and real-time signals through the LED light ring that indicate when malware has been detected and sanitized. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Symantec-designed neural engine harnesses the power of Symantec\u2019s world-class threat intelligence network to increase detection efficacy by up to 15 percent. It also detects adversarial machine learning attempts and initiates self-learning to provide protection against unknown threats. The AI-powered technology can learn in real-time, leading to sustained efficacy with limited internet connectivity \u2013 up to twice as long. These artificial intelligence and organic self-adaption capabilities can protect organizations against emerging and future attacks. The neural engine enables high-intensity detection with near-zero false positives (as low as one hundredth of a percent).These capabilities are accomplished using just a tenth of the bandwidth of other similar solutions \u2013 an indispensable feature for systems using VSAT connections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ICSP Neural supports a full range of OT andIoT devices and systems. The optional enforcement process prevents use of unscannedUSBs with less than a 5MB installation footprint and can be deployed on operating systems from Windows XP to Windows 10 (Linux support is planned in 2019).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As part of the Integrated Cyber Defense strategy, ICSP Neural complements the latest version of Symantec\u2019s CriticalSystem Protection (CSP) software; a flexible and compact behavioral security engine built with application whitelisting, infused with anti-exploits for managed or standalone devices. CSP 8.0 provides a no-internet, policy-based approach to endpoint security, securing devices from known and unknown zero-day exploits and attacks, even on legacy operating systems. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Symantec\u2019s ICSP Neural is available for pre-order now and is expected to ship in early 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Symantec Industrial Control System Protection Neural to defend against USB-borne malware, network intrusion and zero-day attacks on operational technology.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":34049,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[54,535,274],"class_list":["post-34048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","tag-security","tag-software-2","tag-symantec"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34048","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34048"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34048\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}