Lumeta recently announced interoperability of our IPsonar product with Juniper Networks Unified Access Control (UAC). The joint solution provides a link between IPsonar’s leak discovery capability and UAC appliances, which will then take appropriate action to reduce the threat exposure and mitigate risk. To learn more about how this solution could help your organization obtain comprehensive network control, visibility and monitoring, please contact us http://www.lumeta.com/contact/.
In a Bank Info Security newsletter, there was a data breach report which was taken from a study performed by the Ponemon Institute entitled “Cost of Data Breach Study”. The study covered 45 organizations across 15 different industry sectors.
The report/study cited that the number of malicious attacks on institutions doubled in 2009, and the average cost of a breach is now $204. $144 of the $204 is linked to indirect costs resulting from client turn-over and churn, and $60 is related to direct costs.
This study was specifically focused on “regular” data breaches ranging from 5,000 to 101,000 compromised records, which means it did not include catastrophic breaches like Heartland Payment Systems or TJX. The point being, even a breach involving a relatively small number of records (5,000 – 101,000) at the current average cost per compromised record ($204) would yield a liability for the institution responsible for maintaining those records in the range of $1M – $21M.
If you were to consider applying even just the direct cost ($60) of a breach to the 285M records that were cited in the 90 breaches studied by Verizon in the report “The 10 dumbest mistakes network managers make”, the direct cost liability alone would be an astounding $17B.
SCADA systems are being modernized with TCP/IP network connectivity. This development, however, has exposed SCADA networks to the significant security risks that accompany today’s TCP/IP networks. The potential implications resulting from this exposure are high, especially since many of these systems control much of the world’s critical infrastructure. Establishing the discipline of Network Assurance to secure SCADA networks mitigates a significant portion of these security risks. Only with a comprehensive set of network facts can organizations fully demonstrate the alignment of network defenses and security policy. With Network Assurance in place, companies can truly secure interconnected SCADA devices from threats both outside and inside the organization.
I recently read a report published by Pike Research which forecasted the amount of money which is going to be spent on smart grid cyber security. A component of what the overall SCADA market could represent. The report forecasts that this sector (smart grid cyber security) alone is going to grow from $1.9 Billion in 2009 to approximately $21 Billion in 2015.
The report also indicates that the utilities/energy companies are highly focused on finding end-to-end cyber security solutions, which will open new market opportunities for companies like large systems integrators to collaborate with traditional utility industry players.
