CoreTrace

Securing Your Control Systems

When you are responsible for protecting the reliable delivery of energy or production, no systems are more critical than your SCADA/control systems. Whether threats come from external entities or internal users, we understand that your control system's security solutions must fundamentally do one thing — work to ensure uninterrupted operations. That's what we do. We are here to make sure your critical points of control are secure at all times by preventing the execution of ANY unauthorized applications that may threaten their reliable functioning.

Our application whitelisting solution was specifically designed to stop the execution of any malicious code intended to compromise the security and performance of your SCADA/control systems without compromising the effectiveness or efficiency of your IT staff. BOUNCER was designed for real users like yourself to offer unmatched security, provide intuitive management, and manage change your organization needs to meet its business objectives.

We Understand Your Operational Realities

With years of experience securing critical systems, we know that your job is different. Unlike most corporate IT environments, SCADA/control systems have some unique operational realities that you must address with any security solution. For example, you must:

• Secure systems that are isolated, intermittently connected to the Internet, and unable to consistently download the latest antivirus signatures or patches

• Protect availability by avoiding system reboots and unplanned patch installations during any time other than existing maintenance windows

• Minimize performance demands on limited memory and hardware resources

• Control the applications that are allowed to execute

• Find solutions that secure older operating systems that are no longer supported and for which patches are no longer created

Why BOUNCER Is the Perfect Fit for You

BOUNCER addresses your unique needs for a security solution. It is ideally suited to protect the configuration and integrity of your critical SCADA/control systems. As the most tamper-proof and easiest to manage whitelisting solution available, BOUNCER doesn't need to be updated and reactively patched like traditional blacklisted-based endpoint security offerings. When the whitelist of approved applications is automatically created from each SCADA/control system, it locks down that configuration eliminating the need for patching every time a new threat is revealed. Whenever a new version of your control system's software is deployed, updates to BOUNCER's whitelist are automatically added and the system remains completely protected the entire time.

In addition to superior protection against even zero-day attacks, BOUNCER's application whitelisting is gaining widespread industry acceptance because it addresses the operational realities associated with SCADA/control system implementations that blacklist-based solutions cannot.

• BOUNCER continues to provide protection without requiring signature or patch updates, so it can constantly secures systems that are not always connected to the Internet.

• BOUNCER-protected SCADA/control systems remain online until regularly scheduled maintenance windows, instead of requiring downtime for emergency vulnerability patches.

• BOUNCER prevents many memory-based attacks within whitelisted applications themselves, increasing security even further.

• BOUNCER does not impact control system performance — a significant advantage over resource-hungry security applications such as blacklist-based antivirus.

• BOUNCER provides protection for SCADA/control systems that are built on older, unsupported operating systems for which no patches are available.

In other words, if you're trying to secure your critical SCADA/control systems, BOUNCER's application whitelisting approach is the perfect fit for you.

Next Steps

1. Sales and Evaluations

   If you are thinking application whitelisting is a possible solution to problems or pains within your organization, pick up the phone and call one of our representatives today at 512-592-4111, or click below to request a call back.

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2. BOUNCER Information

   Learn more about BOUNCER's capabilities and benefits in the product section.

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3. Additional Resources

   CoreTrace has many whitepapers, case studies, webinars, and demonstrations that can help you learn more about BOUNCER's real world benefits.

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