ABB And Industrial Defender Create Strategic Partnership To Deliver Secure Automation Solutions
Partnership offerings provide cyber security and compliance automation for power generation control systems, advanced energy management and smart grid
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, and Industrial Defender Inc., headquartered in Foxborough, Massachusetts, have announced a global Strategic Partnership agreement. The partnership is focused on providing highly secure, reliable and regulation-compliant automation solutions for the smart grid, power generation and other critical process control industries.
"As our customers focus on running their organizations in an increasingly competitive industry, we are committed to helping them maintain a secure and reliable control environment while minimizing the time and effort expended," said Mark Taft, senior vice president and general manager, ABB Power Generation, North America. "Security and compliance are key issues in the Power Generation market and our partnership with an industry leader like Industrial Defender will enhance ABB's ability to address the challenges our customers are facing."
Under the terms of the nonexclusive partnership agreement, ABB will distribute Industrial Defender's cyber security and compliance solutions.
"ABB is a global leader in both power systems and process automation, the exact areas in which Industrial Defender has for eight years focused our combined control systems and cyber security expertise to create sector-specific Defense in Depth and compliance automation products and services," said Brian Ahern, president and CEO of Industrial Defender. "This partnership allows global customers the opportunity to integrate best in class solutions from two market leaders to address the urgent and growing market concern for securing critical industrial infrastructure."
About Industrial Defender
Industrial Defender, the global leader in Automation System Security Management, provides a suite of integrated products and services dedicated to assuring the availability, reliability and security of critical infrastructure. Primary areas of focus include Defense-in-Depth security technology integration and Compliance Sustainability via security process automation. In business more than 18 years, and with more than 7 years of dedicated cyber security experience, Industrial Defender has completed more than 100 process control/SCADA cyber security assessments, more than 10,000 global technology deployments securing critical infrastructure systems, more than 3,000 mission critical SCADA deployments and provides managed security services for 170 process control plants in 21 countries.
About ABB
ABB is a leader in power and automation technologies that enable utility and industry customers to improve performance while lowering environmental impact. The ABB Group of companies operates in around 100 countries and employs about 117,000 people. The company's North American operations, headquartered in Cary, North Carolina, employ about 12,000 people in 20 manufacturing and other major facilities. For more information, visit www.abb.com.
SOURCE: ABB And Industrial Defender Inc.