MU SECURITY PARTNERS WITH ISA SECURITY COMPLIANCE INSTITUTE TO DEVELOP NEW ‘ISA SECURE’ CERTIFICATION
MUSIC Certification Will Evolve to Meet Both ISA99 and ISASecure Certifications Ensuring Safely-Developed and Deployed Industrial Control Systems
Sunnyvale, Calif. - January 30, 2008 - Mu Security, a pioneer in the new security analyzer market, today announced it is now an early Technical Member of the ISA Security Compliance Institute. The ISA Security Compliance Institute uniquely counts both leading industrial technology vendors and industrial control end-users dedicated to establishing specifications and processes for testing and certifying control systems products. Mu’s membership in the ISA Security Compliance Institute will help develop meaningful ISASecure certification benchmarks for ensuring securely-developed and deployed Industrial Control systems.
“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. “Use of the Mu-4000 appliance throughout our internal development process paired with MUSIC certification’s evolution to the ISA Secure certification will help further ensure ABB customers that our control systems will meet or exceed very stringent security and robustness criteria.”
The ISA Security Compliance Institute is a globally recognized body working toward establishing the ISASecure certification that identifies and promotes security compliant products and systems in the industrial automation controls industry. As the first shipping Negative Testing appliance member of the ISASecure program, Mu will continue to incorporate the future ISASecure certification specifications into its award winning Mu-4000 system. The MUSIC Certification, launched in 2007, helps users ensure the safety and security of products deployed by suppliers and integrators at leading Critical Infrastructure sites. Typical end user sites using MUSIC certified products include process control customers in oil refining, large manufacturing sites, chemical processing, and electric power generation and distribution plants.
“As a leading supplier of rapidly deployable, negative testing solutions and a proven supplier to several ISA Security Compliance Institute founding member organizations, we are pleased to welcome Mu Security as a Technical Member,” said Andre Ristaino, Managing Director, ISA Automation Standards Compliance Institute. “Mu’s two-year track record of security analysis in supplier’s product development life cycle and user’s deployment life cycle in production networks at Critical Infrastructure sites will enhance the value of the ISASecure designation through their contributions.”
This collaborative effort by ISA Security Compliance Institute member organizations will 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.
About ISA
Founded in 1945, ISA (www.isa.org) is a leading, global, nonprofit organization that is setting the standard for automation by helping over 30,000 worldwide members and other professionals solve difficult technical problems, while enhancing their leadership and personal career capabilities. Based in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, ISA develops standards; certifies industry professionals; provides education and training; publishes books and technical articles; and hosts the largest conference and exhibition for automation professionals in the Western Hemisphere. ISA is the founding sponsor of The Automation Federation.
About Mu Security
Mu Security offers a new class of security analysis system, delivering a rigorous and streamlined methodology for verifying the robustness and security readiness of any IP-based product or application. Since Mu’s debut of its flagship Mu-4000 Security Analyzer appliance in early 2005, the company has achieved significant customer traction. One-third of the world's 15 largest service provider and cable operators now use Mu; Mu's customers represent one-half of the revenue in the global network, application and security infrastructure market; and Mu's customers represent one-third of the revenue in the global industrial control manufacturer market. Headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif., Mu is backed by preeminent venture capital firms that include Accel Partners, Benchmark Capital and DAG Ventures. More information is available at http://www.musecurity.com.
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