Today, Armis has announced the Critical Infrastructure Protection Program (CIPP) to help organisations supplying systemically important entities such as energy, water, marine ports, and wastewater to pinpoint and fortify assets in need of urgent security improvements. Under this new program, critical infrastructure providers in the U.S. and NATO-aligned countries will have complimentary access to Armis for three months. As technologies converge, it is important now more than ever that public and private organisations collaborate to address the visibility gap and reduce this growing threat.
Geopolitical instability associated with the Russian invasion of Ukraine, along with ongoing U.S. and North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) aid to Ukraine’s defence efforts, increases the possibility of retaliatory cyberattacks against critical infrastructure in the U.S. and NATO-aligned countries. The program is complementary to Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency, or CISA, guidance which has been provided through the SHIELDS UP initiative to help organisations like those noted above prepare for, respond to, and mitigate the impact of cyberattacks. The potential attack surface of critical infrastructure across the U.S. alone includes:
55,000 substations on our electric grid
360 commercial maritime ports
6 million miles of pipeline
14,000 wastewater treatment plants serving 240 million Americans
“The ongoing modernisation of critical infrastructure brings efficiencies and scalability to the lifeline services we rely on, such as electric power grids, commercial maritime ports, oil and gas pipelines, transportation services, and water treatment facilities. As these cyber-physical systems expand throughout our critical infrastructure, the attack surface and inherent risk are growing at an alarming rate,” said Yevgeny Dibrov, CEO and Co-founder of Armis. “By joining the power of the Armis asset visibility and intelligence platform with leading security providers like Kroll, we are brin ..
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