Honeywell introduces new software platform

Honeywell has announced the release of new software that simplifies, strengthens and scales cyber security for asset-intensive businesses and critical infrastructure facing cyber threats.

The Honeywell Forge Cyber security Platform improves cyber security performance at a single site or across an enterprise by increasing visibility of vulnerabilities and threats, mitigating risks, and improving cyber security management efficiency. The Honeywell Forge Cyber security Platform is part of the Honeywell Forge for Cyber security portfolio of products and services that increases cyber security across industrial environments.

The new platform safely moves data from one site to another and uses operations data to strengthen endpoint and network security, and improves cyber security compliance. The platform also delivers a scalable software solution to better address cyber security pain points in OT and IIoT environments.

Based on technology installed in thousands of sites globally, the Honeywell Forge Cyber security Platform improves cyber security performance by giving customers the tools they need to strengthen their cyber security operations and asset management, all through a single dashboard. In addition, multi-site, multi-vendor capabilities support an enterprise-wide solution with greater efficiencies and lower total cost of ownership regardless of the control system used.

Jeff Zindel, vice president and general manager, Honeywell Connected Enterprise, Cyber security, says, “Customers now have a better choice to strengthen industrial cyber security across their enterprise to enable IT-OT convergence and digital transformation, improving enterprise performance while reducing the cost of cyber security. The Honeywell Forge Cyber security Platform provides multiple industry-proven capabilities in a single dashboard to simplify cyber security management and better protect people, processes and assets from evolving cyber threats.”

The Honeywell Forge Cyber security Platform is available in three versions, allowing customers to scale when needed to match cyber-requirements and budget:

Enterprise Core: For customers with more secure multi-site connectivity needs, Enterprise Core delivers the core cyber security operations management enablers including:

* Secure Remote Access with advanced granular controls engineered for industrial environments

* Secure content transfer with built-in, file-based threat detection

Enterprise Premium: In addition to capabilities found in Enterprise Core, Enterprise Premium also delivers cyber security asset management including:

* Asset discovery and inventory

* Continuous monitoring and alerting

* Software patching and antivirus management

* Risk and compliance management for corrective action and mitigation