Kaspersky presents the first cyber-immune solution: Kaspersky IoT Secure Gateway 100 enables secure connections to industrial production areas.
Kaspersky introduces its Kaspersky IoT Secure Gateway 100 solution. It is based on the secure operating system KasperskyOS and was developed for the Internet of Things in an industrial environment (IIoT). With the solution, devices and sensors are securely connected to IIoT platform services. The integrated, comprehensive security mechanisms serve both the protection of the data collected in a system and the subsequent secure transfer to digital company applications.
Industrial IoT connections: plus 107 percent by 2025
According to Juniper Research, the global number of IIoT connections is expected to increase by 2025 percent to nearly 107 billion by 37. With the help of data from IIoT sensors, companies can better understand workflows in their systems, take predictive maintenance measures and thus improve overall efficiency and performance. The connection of operational technology (OT) to the company's digital ecosystem is one of the greatest challenges. This is because the relevant values must be selected from the data bundle, converted and then securely transferred to the respective applications in the IT environment for further processing.
Kaspersky IoT Secure Gateway 100
The Kaspersky IoT Secure Gateway 100 solution presented enables a direct, protected and therefore secure connection to industrial production areas with pumps, CNC machines, conveyor belts and many other expensive fixed systems and elements. It is the first product that was developed on the basis of Kaspersky's new concept of cyber immunity and is based on KasperskyOS and Siemens Simatic IoT2040 hardware. Thanks to the Kaspersky Security System, the KasperskyOS microkernel and the Multiple Independent Levels of Security Architecture (MILS), the gateway can only perform those actions that were already defined in the design phase. This means that the majority of attacks on the cyber-immune gateway are ineffective and do not impair its main functions, so that no further protective measures such as antivirus solutions, device controls or data diodes are required for the gateway and associated systems.
IIoT meets artificial intelligence
The gateway uses the universal communication protocol OPC UA and thus allows its use
Cyber immunity concept
“Digital technology is changing rapidly and we have recently seen how cybersecurity has become one of the most pressing global challenges,” explains Grigory Sizov, Head of KasperskyOS Business Unit. “Our concept of cyber immunity is about building various IT solutions on the verifiable intrinsic security basis of our operating system KasperskyOS. Cyber-immune solutions withstand the vast majority of cyber attacks. I am very proud that we will present our first cyber-immune product, Kaspersky IoT Secure Gateway 2021, at Hannover Messe 100. This is the beginning of a very great journey; there will soon be more cyber-immune products based on KasperskyOS, causing a paradigm shift in the market.”
IIoT ecosystem will grow
"Digital transformation will create new, leading companies with IIoT ecosystems," adds Andrey Suvorov, CEO of Kaspersky subsidiary Adaptive Production Technology. “Advanced technologies, new skills and innovative business models are among the critical areas required for change – along with a new level of resilience is required. We are proud to be able to present an essential part of this convincing connection today with Kaspersky IoT Secure Gateway 100. It is also the first product in our forthcoming cyber immunity product portfolio.”
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