Mu Security is Technical member of ISA SCI
ISA Security Compliance Institute aims to promote the integration of disparate security practices — used at critical infrastructure sites, including suppliers to process control customers such as oil refineries, large manufacturing sites, chemical processing sites, and electric power distribution plants — into a single, open framework by establishing the ISASecure designation
Sunnyvale, California-based Mu Security is now a Technical Member of the ISA Security Compliance Institute (ISA SCI). The ISA SCI’s membership consists of industrial technology vendors and industrial control end-users dedicated to establishing specifications and processes for testing and certifying control systems products. “Control system security is a critical concern to our customers, and a key element of today’s control system strategies,” said Alicia DuBay, director of systems marketing, ABB Inc. “The Control System industry benefits with an independent ISA SCI certification program, especially with the incorporation of existing rigorous certifications including Foundation-level MUSIC certification.”
The ISA SCI is a recognized body working toward establishing the ISA Secure certification designation which identifies and promotes security compliant products and systems in the industrial automation industry. As the first shipping Negative Testing appliance member of ISA SCI, Mu will continue to incorporate the future ISA SCI certification specifications within its Mu-4000 system, including MUSIC certification. MUSIC Certification, launched in 2007, helps ensure the safety and security of products in use at critical infrastructure sites, including suppliers to process control customers such as oil refineries, large manufacturing sites, chemical processing sites, and electric power distribution plants. “As a leading supplier of rapidly deployable, negative testing solutions and proven supplier to several ISA SCI founding and member organizations, we are pleased to welcome Mu Security as a Technical Member,” said Andre Ristaino, managing director, ISA Security Compliance Institute. “Mu’s two-year track record of appliance deployment experience throughout the product development and deployment processes of leading Critical Infrastructure sites and their in supplier product developers lifecycle will help make the ISA Secure certification program since the company is already helping to reduce both security and safety issues in production networks.”
This collaborative effort by ISA Security Compliance Institute member organizations aims to promote the integration of disparate security practices into a single, open framework by establishing the ISASecure designation. Compliant products will be entitled to carry the ISASecure designation, which provides instant recognition of the product’s security characteristics to asset owners and integrators when making procurement decisions.
