IT systems are increasingly the lifeblood of vertical businesses, thus demanding enhanced cybersecurity to avoid economic (or worse) meltdowns in the event of a compromise. To that end, Kaspersky Lab has announced the Kaspersky Security System platform, a dedicated solution for information systems like ERP and electronic document management systems, smart grids, the internet of things (IoT) and critical infrastructure. It’s available as an embeddable OEM component to manufacturers and vendors of comprehensive IT solutions for these applications.
Kaspersky Security System’s key features include its ability to apply access control rules according to given security policy, classify the informational resources and configure the interaction of the components.
“An analysis of the evolution of trends in cybercrime suggests that any information system without a trusted infosecurity module poses a threat to the security and integrity of business processes, and may potentially lead to serious consequences,” said Andrey Doukhvalov, head of future technologies and chief strategy architect at Kaspersky Lab, in a statement. “This is what drives our team to continuously improve our IT security knowledge and solutions. With this new product, we help our partners make their IT systems more trusted and reliable without affecting their safety. Kaspersky Security System is a platform with a unique component makeup and feature set. It ensures the required level of cybersecurity for any IT system with demanding security requirements.”
Meanwhile, SYSGO and Kaspersky Lab have integrated the new platform into the real-time operating system PikeOS. Combined with PikeOS, Kaspersky Security System ensures that performed communications comply with security policies. It can be used in industrial systems to protect devices at the supervisory and control (SCADA) level, in connected IoT devices to assure their proper behavior, and in automotive systems to separate the safety-critical subsystems from infotainment components connected to the Internet, among others.
"By teaming up with Kaspersky Lab we bring IT security to embedded systems," said Knut Degen, CEO of SYSGO, in a statement. "With the integration of Kaspersky Security System into PikeOS we can deliver a high-performance solution that will help our joint customers to secure their devices in the Internet of Things."
The OEM component is designed to integrate into information systems, and is suitable for use by software and hardware vendors, as well as system integrators. The vendor or integrator can apply basic, default security policies or manually fine-tune their security configurations to meet the requirements presented by specific systems or business tasks.