ABB opens new cyber security lab

Customers are now being invited for virtual demonstrations of the laboratory’s systems and capabilities.

“Cyber security is not a product but an evolving target which needs constant monitoring, managing and updating,” said Ahmed Hassan, head of cyber security, ABB Marine & Ports.

“As a single vendor offering operating technology and cyber security, we recognise that managing cyber security is a careful balance between risk, functionality and cost. The principles of cyber security must apply across all maritime stakeholders, from designers and builders, to owners, operators and crew and from classification societies to universities and research bodies, government departments and insurers,” he added.

New services offered by the lab include reference architecture that targets network segmentation and segregation, enforcing security policies to zones and conduits, ability to monitor network traffic and act on vulnerabilities, ability to collect and manage security logs for the control system components, ABB Ability Cyber Asset Inventory solution and event monitoring.

“Our systems have been developed to address the very latest threats and solutions available in cyber risk management,” Mr Hassan concluded.