Schneider Electric Introduces Cyber Update Services

November 14, 2016

Schneider Electric’s new cybersecurity protection services help industrial customers manage and secure their connected plants. Cyber Update services automatically distribute Schneider Electric’s qualified operating system patches and endpoint protections, reducing the risk of applying improper patches and updates.

It also eliminates potentially unsecure sources of data from affecting plant and business operations.

Because the services can improve uptime and throughput, as well as the safety of plant assets and personnel, the offering promises to have a measurable impact on the efficiency and reliability of the plant, helping executives, managers and operators increase operational profitability. 

Innovation at every level of plant security: ensuring safety of operations

“Not applying the correct industry patches when they are available, or applying the wrong patch, makes our customers’ systems and operations vulnerable to cyberattack,” says Nathalie Marcotte, Senior Vice President, Process Automation services, Schneider Electric. “Our Cyber Update services provide a secure path for customers to automatically download tested and qualified Windows Operating System patches and anti-virus updates and then quickly apply them to their control and safety systems within a secure environment. Because these services can mitigate systems risks, they can help our customers improve the safety of their operation while reducing downtime and other business disruptions. We believe it will have a positive impact on their overall business performance.”

The new services, which meet IEC62443 and other leading industry standards, automatically deliver third-party-tested operating system security patches and anti-virus endpoint protection updates via a fully secure, authenticated and encrypted Windows Software Update Server to a customers’ on-site server.

The services enable customers to quickly and efficiently apply patches and updates across multiple sites on the same secure network, allowing them to manage multiple, disparate systems that are running various O/S software levels and versions.

 Future-proofing customers’ cybersecurity measures

“Improper cyber maintenance creates the greatest risk of a successful cyberattack,” says Marcotte. “As our customers transform their operations in the age of the IIoT, it is imperative to make managing cybersecurity easier and less time consuming. Our Cyber Update services future-proof many of our customers’ existing cybersecurity measures, equipping them to better defend themselves against the newest threats and vulnerabilities in an instant. It is an efficient, easy-to-use tool that mitigates risks and enables our customers to improve the safety, reliability and profitability of their operations.”

Leveraging a highly secure network and fully supported cloud servers, the new Cyber Update services offer is supported through Schneider Electric’s cybersecurity consulting services. Find out more: http://www.real-time-answers.com/cyber-security/resource-center/.