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Press Release01 October 2020Siemens EnergyOrlando
Siemens Energy announces new AI-driven cybersecurity monitor and detection service for the energy industry
“As the digital revolution transforms the
energy industry, industrial operating environments are becoming increasingly
vulnerable to cyberattacks,” said Leo Simonovich, Head of Industrial
Cybersecurity at Siemens Energy. “MDR, powered by Eos.ii, is the first
AI-driven cybersecurity monitoring solution to proactively detect and prevent
cyberattacks targeting critical infrastructure for all operating environments
before attackers strike.”
With the industrial cybersecurity
expertise and proprietary detection technologies from Siemens Energy, MDR is
able to collect raw information technology (IT) and operational technology (OT)
data from across an industrial operating environment, and then translate – and
contextualize – it in real time. This provides a unified picture of anomalous
behavior for defenders with actionable insights to stop attacks. Siemens
Energy’s MDR system goes beyond conventional monitoring by achieving a deeper
understanding of how digital systems relate to the real world. With its unified
OT and IT data stream, MDR’s Eos.ii technology platform uses AI and digital
twin technology to compare billions of real-time data points against a
correctly functioning asset. This provides context for Siemens Energy’s analysts
to determine not only which events are abnormal, but which are consequential. The technical
achievement of unified data streams and machine learning make an unprecedented
platform for targeted, in-depth analysis.
Siemens Energy’s MDR solution addresses
the energy industry’s need for more sophisticated solutions to put security
experts ahead of attackers as each digitally connected energy asset represents
a new, possible vulnerability for attackers to strike. Energy companies and
utilities are increasingly becoming a prime target for cyberattacks by state
and non-state actors launching sophisticated scatter shot, sleeper strike and
ransomware attacks against energy and critical infrastructure in broader
geo-political or adversarial conflicts.
Last year, the Ponemon Institute and
Siemens Energy conducted a
joint study surveying global utilities to assess the industry’s readiness to
address the growing threat of cyberattacks. The study found that 64% of
respondents said that sophisticated attacks are a top challenge and 54% of
those surveyed expected an attack on critical infrastructure in the next 12
months. Additionally, 25% of respondents reported being impacted by mega-attacks
with expertise developed by nation-state actors.
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