General Dynamics Commercial Cyber Services Expands Cyber Monitoring Capabilities to Industrial Control Systems

Recent cyber-attacks on critical infrastructure highlight the increasingly vulnerable nature of industrial control systems

HERNDON, VA – May 10, 2016 — General Dynamics Commercial Cyber Services, a business of General Dynamics Information Technology, announced today it will expand its advanced cyber security monitoring services to industrial controls –– leveraging 40 years of experience protecting the Nation’s critical intelligence infrastructure to provide military-grade cyber security services for the private sector.

The announcement comes at a time with new warnings from the US Department of Homeland Security about the country’s critical infrastructure becoming the next hacking target. At stake are the industrial control systems that oversee the physical processes linked to power, transportation, water, gas and other critical infrastructure systems.

“We are committed to providing the commercial market with the military-grade services they need to effectively monitor and protect their business,” said Bernie Guerry, senior vice president of the Intelligence Solutions Division at General Dynamics Information Technology. “The expansion into the protection of industrial controls is one way we are meeting this emerging need.”

General Dynamics Commercial Cyber Services will offer cyber monitoring for industrial controls, with the use of an Industrial Network Anomaly Detection (INAD) system within security operations centers (SOCs). When correlated with security event data the INAD allows cyber analysts to detect deviations from industrial control systems, alerting the customer of a potential cyber-attack on their network.

The company will leverage its 15 SOCs and critical incident response teams to provide 24×7 monitoring that will allow customers to mitigate cyber-attacks and empower them to respond to threats quickly.

“We believe that cyber security services need to encompass all parts of the network and infrastructure, considering the entire threat surface,” said David Ross, general manager of General Dynamics Commercial Cyber Services.  “Many organizations are now seeing that components such as industrial controls need to be included in their overall cyber defense strategy.”

About General Dynamics Commercial Cyber Services
General Dynamics Commercial Cyber Services provides military-grade cyber security to private-sector companies. Their comprehensive service offerings – Advanced Cyber Security Monitoring, Security Device Management and On-Demand Services – protect critical intellectual property and core business functions.

For more information about General Dynamics Commercial Cyber Services, please visit www.gdit.com/commercialcyber.