Today most equipment, vessels, vehicles and infrastructure are connected to both internal networks and the Internet. In addition, central IT functions, third parties and service monitoring equipment needs remote access on occasion. Even though this is a necessity to uphold secure and effective operations, it can impose risk to the integrity or availability of the system it supports. Especially in cases where a trusted communication party is believed to be compromised or not able to comply to certain security standards and policies. Therefore, it is a necessity to have the ability to restrict and block access to your infrastructure.

With the Argus Network Isolator solution policies are activated and changed through a single push on a touch-panel. Resetting policies back to normal is just as easy. The current active policy is always highlighted for the operator, as well as the operational status of the barrier in use.

The solution can tie into any layer of the Purdue model for OT-security, and can operate as barrier between one or more layers based on customer needs.

Technology agnostic

To simplify security architecture, the Argus Network Isolator is available as a full feature black box solution with layer 2 or 3 integration into existing networks. The solution can also integrate with existing API enabled network barriers from leading vendors such as:

• Cisco
• Check Point
• Palo Alto Networks
• Fortinet
• F5
• And more. Ask us about our integrations

Flexible policies and deployment

The solution can be delivered with tailor made policy sets based on your organisation’s needs and made available directly from the operator panel. Example policies include:

• Business as usual (open)
• Fully isolated (blocked)
• Restricted (only selected connections allowed)

During implementation and integration custom policies are made based on customer needs. You receive current status of the active policy enabled. Logs and connection attempts are stored and rotated for post-incident analysis if needed.

Multiple control points / panels can be implemented for the customer at the same site or vessel by the customer.