ABB’s AC800M Industrial Controller Achieves Achilles Level 1 Security Certification
VANCOUVER, BC, Canada – September 4, 2007 – Wurldtech Labs, an independent division of Wurldtech Security Technologies, a leading provider of cyber-security solutions to SCADA, process-control and mission-critical industries worldwide, today announced that the ABB AC800M industrial controller has been awarded the Achilles™ Level 1 Security Certification. Already a global leader in power and automation technologies, ABB’s Achilles™ Level 1 Certification achievement enables the company to further differentiate their product from their competitors. By demonstrating AC800M’s compliance, ABB is effectively aligning their brand with one that places security as a corporate priority; while taking a proactive step towards security regulations and standards that are being set in today’s industrial automation industry.
“Control systems must meet very high requirements on security against cyber attacks,” says Thomas Pauly, responsible for cyber security in System 800xA. “This requires meticulous development processes and advanced methods and tools for verification. Wurldtech’s Achilles plays an important role in how we achieve that.” The Achilles™ Certification Program presents device manufactures such as ABB with an independently verified result from which to communicate their product security to customers, while providing the operators of control systems with the most complete, accurate, and trustworthy information possible on the security of their deployed products.
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