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U.S.-Israel project with Motorola leads to security-hardened industrial control system

09.05.2012
SAVANNAH, Ga. -- The associated with industrial control systems (ICS) is at the ICS Joint Working Group 2012 Spring Conference, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). DHS is concerned cyberattacks could disrupt America's energy, water and manufacturing facilities.

But DHS is also taking concrete steps to improve ICS through a joint effort that includes Motorola Solutions, DHS and Israel's National Information Security Authority -- the Israeli government agency tasked with protecting its critical infrastructure. Together, under what's called the "Secure Controller Joint Project," it has led to Motorola coming up with the security-hardened ACE-3600, which was unveiled today at the conference.

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"We live in a tough neighborhood in the Middle East with our neighbors," said Erez Kreiner, director of Israel's National Information Security Authority (NISA), speaking today about the development of Motorola's ACE-3600. He noted there had been more than a few attempts by attackers to take control of ICS systems in Israel in order to try to wreak harm.

ICS systems are typically not known for good security, and in fact, Kreiner said he's even aware of industrial controllers that shipped with viruses inside of them, sardonically calling it "virus-added technology from the vendor."