公司规模
Large Corporate
地区
- America
- Europe
国家
- United States
- Spain
产品
- PowerBroker Endpoint Protection Platform
技术栈
- Host-based Intrusion Protection System (HIPS)
- Human-Machine Interfaces (HMIs)
实施规模
- Enterprise-wide Deployment
技术
- 网络安全和隐私 - 端点安全
适用行业
- 电网
适用功能
- 商业运营
用例
- 网络安全
服务
- 网络安全服务
关于客户
Comprehensive Computer Solutions, Inc. (CCS) is a company that sells computing solutions designed for industrial applications. One of their main customer segments is the energy sector. After the 9/11 attacks, they were asked by their customers to evaluate security. Prior to this, most of their customers relied solely on perimeter security and proprietary communications channels. For the energy sector, CCS's main offering is software which controls the various systems and equipment that generates and delivers electricity. They began evaluating security software, seeking solutions they could package with their own offerings.
挑战
Comprehensive Computer Solutions, Inc. (CCS) provides computing solutions for industrial applications, with a significant customer segment in the energy sector. After the 9/11 attacks, CCS was asked by its customers to evaluate security. Prior to this, most of their customers relied solely on perimeter security and proprietary communications channels, which were deemed insufficient post 9/11. CCS's main offering for the energy sector is software that controls the various systems and equipment that generate and deliver electricity. They needed to find a security solution that they could package with their own offerings. The solution needed to be flexible enough to work with Human-Machine Interfaces (HMIs), cost-effective, easy to use, and have a customizable front-end to match the specific needs of power plant IT personnel.
解决方案
After evaluating several security options, CCS chose BeyondTrust’s PowerBroker Endpoint Protection solution. Although PBEPP is designed as an Integrated Threat Management solution, with a suite of features that includes antivirus, endpoint protection, vulnerability scanning and more, CCS wanted something more basic: host-based intrusion protection (HIPS). BeyondTrust worked with CCS to package this part of PBEPP with CCS’s energy sector computing solution. PBEPP leverages an intrusion prevention engine that dynamically collects and incorporates new threat data in real time. PBEPP HIPS protects systems regardless of whether or not an attack has been identified and a signature or patch deployed against it. PBEPP blocks zero-day attacks that bypass traditional signature-based solutions, eliminating the need for specific attack signatures. Since the product was launched in 2004, it has successfully thwarted 100% of remote intrusion attempts.
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