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Cambridge company launches ultra-secure 3rd Generation Networked SCADA system
January 2012 by Marc Jacob
Cambridge based Controllis Limited has launched an-ultra secure 3rd generation networked SCADA system that addresses software integrity and security issues.
The Controllis system uses a mutual authentication system to verify the remote management server and the controller to each other before allowing the software to be upgraded on the remote SCADA device. The company calls the system SAMASU: the Secure Automated Mutual Authenticated Software Upgrade.
A number of SCADA systems have come under attack in recent years including power systems, industrial processes and building systems. As recently as November 2011 hackers were blamed for damage to a water distribution system in the US by exploiting vulnerabilities in a conventional SCADA system.
The Controllis system also has additional security features that limit the local access to the device and ensure that viruses and malware cannot be installed on the device locally. In addition all communications between the central server and the remote management device is within a secure VPN tunnel.
The Controllis development team has a background in telecommunications, power generation, defence and formula 1 motorsport sectors. The company, founded in 2008, is privately owned and funded by the management team, a number of private investors and Cambridge based Martlet.
