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Mu's Secure Industrial Control (MUSIC) Certification
What is MUSIC Certification?
 Industrial control systems are quickly adopting IP-based COTS technology. These same control systems are being connected to corporate networks (or the Internet…even through firewalls or other security enforcement devices). The combination of COTS adoption and control system connectivity increases the likely compromise of these industrial control systems far higher than when they were isolated, homogeneous networks.
Critical infrastructure leveraging IP-based network architectures are often unknowingly exposed to more safety issues and ultimately, failures, in ways that were never possible before. Numerous process control and critical infrastructure products are deployed in the harsh real world, where they must incorporate protocol implementations that do more than simply comply with the letter of the standards. Mu is offering real-world certification to proactively measure these safety and reliability issues before they occur. Additional MUSIC certification information is available through an online request or by sending email to music@mudynamics.com.
The MUSIC program leverages the award-winning market-tested Mu-4000 Analyzer appliance with its integrated intelligent fuzzing engine and automated fault isolation and remediation and documentation tools. MUSIC certification greatly reduces the risk of unknown or hidden implementation flaws compromising plant and product safety in industrial control systems, resulting in quantifiably fewer safety and security issues and control system outages.
 Two MUSIC Certification Levels
Current certification options available from Mu include Foundation- and Advanced-level certifications based upon the required protocol coverage of the product under review. Both certification levels are validated by Mu Dynamics or authorized MUSIC Consulting Partners. MUSIC Foundation-level certification details network infrastructure protocol analysis: ARP, DHCP, ICMP, IEEE 802.1p/Q, IP, TCP, TFTP and UDP. MUSIC Advanced-level certification, which requires initial Foundation-level certification as a prerequisite, focuses on application protocol analysis for: DNP3, FTP, HTTP, LLDP, MMS, MODBUS/TCP, SNMP.
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Benefits of MUSIC Certification
The MUSIC program provides an important migration path to open industrial control systems security specifications currently under development by Government and Industry groups including ISA Security Compliance Institute (ISCI) and ISA99 WG4. Mu is actively working with these and other standards bodies to formalize the concepts of security testing both comprehensively and within key application areas (such as industrial control systems). ISCI and ISA99 WG4 are planning to address the security concerns of industrial control systems. Mu Dynamics' MUSIC certification helps organizations prevent the following situations:
- Endangerment of public or employee safety
- Loss of public confidence
- Violation of regulatory requirements
- Loss of proprietary or confidential information
- Potentially substantial economic loss
- Threats to national security
Through MUSIC certification, critical infrastructure and process control-focused product vendors and their diverse users are now proactively verifying a diverse range of network products and application protocols to meet industry-defined best practices for security, robustness and resiliency.
Learn More
Click here to download the MUSIC Solution Brief
Additional MUSIC certification information is available through an online request or by sending email to music@mudynamics.com.
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