Palo Alto Networks Secures Networks in Harsh Industrial Environments With New PA-220R Next-Generation Firewall
by Shrutee K/DNS
Mumbai, India, February 20, 2018
-- Palo Alto Networks® (NYSE: PANW), the
next-generation security company, announced the introduction of its ruggedized
PA-220R
next-generation firewall. This new NGFW appliance is designed
to prevent successful cyberattacks in the network environments of industrial
control systems, or ICS, and supervisory control and data acquisition, or SCADA,
systems. The PA-220R meets required performance and reliability standards for
operating in demanding industrial settings, such as utility substations, power
plants and factory floors.
Organizations are evolving their understanding about the need to
improve industrial cybersecurity. In their annual survey, Securing
Industrial Control Systems, SANS Institute reports that the number of
organizations perceiving the level of threat to control systems as “critical”
or “high” increased by 26 percent to 69 percent in 2017. Protecting
critical infrastructure from cyberattacks poses unique challenges because the
environments can be harsh, and systems often use specialized protocols. Advanced
IT technologies in ICS and SCADA environments must often be connected to
external networks, increasing exposure to risk and
requiring sophisticated cybersecurity to ensure that successful cyberattacks
are prevented.
Palo
Alto Networks can now better prevent successful cyberattacks on customers in
ICS/SCADA environments with its new PA-220R NGFW. The new ruggedized NGFW has
been designed to operate reliably in environments with extreme temperatures,
humidity, dust, vibration and electromagnetic interference, using the PAN-OS®
operating system to deliver granular, ICS-specific traffic visibility, network
segmentation, and integrated threat prevention to industrial networks in harsh
environments. These enhancements provide enterprise-class cybersecurity
capabilities that safely enable operational technology, or OT, modernization.
QUOTES
"We
have worked with Palo Alto Networks for the last ten years because it has
simplified our perimeter security while improving visibility within our IT
environment. With the introduction of the PA-220R, we can now extend these
capabilities to our OT deployments and within our exploration, production and
processing assets, even in locations with harsh environments. Because the
underlying technology is the same, we now have a unified, centrally managed
security architecture across the plant floor, corporate networks, and even the
industrial cloud.”
Mario
Chiock, CISO emeritus and fellow, Schlumberger
“Critical infrastructure operators have the challenging task
of addressing the rapid digital transformation in OT and a rising threat and
regulatory landscape specific to ICS. Even assets in remote locations are
starting to be attacked and regulated. The PA-220R is a comprehensive security
product that allows owner operators to more easily meet their regulatory
obligations and stop cyberthreats from compromising critical processes and
safety within OT.”
Steve
Parker, president, EnergySec
“ICS
systems are being modernized to be more efficient through the use of more advanced
IT technologies, often increasing exposure to attacks. Better industrial
cybersecurity offerings are required to safely enable OT modernization; and the
new Palo Alto Networks PA-220R next-generation firewall optimizes the ICS-specific
security that we already provide to our customers, now for deployment in the
harshest of industrial environments and remote locations."
Lee
Klarich, chief product officer, Palo Alto Networks
AVAILABILITY
The PA-220R will
be orderable on February 26 starting at $2,900.
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Alto Networks
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cybersecurity by safely enabling applications and preventing cyber breaches for
tens of thousands of organizations worldwide. Built with an innovative approach
and highly differentiated cyberthreat prevention capabilities, our
game-changing security platform delivers security far superior to legacy or
point products, safely enables daily business operations, and protects an
organization's most valuable assets. Find out more at www.paloaltonetworks.com.
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