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Acea Distribuzione Deploys Check Point SCADA Security Solution

June 2016 by Emmanuelle Lamandé

Check Point(r) Software Technologies Ltd. announced Acea Distribuzione, part of Acea Group, one of the largest Italian public utility companies for power and water supply, has deployed Check Point’s 1200R security gateway appliances to secure its critical infrastructure, SCADA network and control systems.

Following the findings of the Panoptesec project, Acea
selected the Check Point solution following a competitive tender for a customizable,
rugged solution that would work in harsh operating environments, including primary
and secondary energy switching and distribution sites, while meeting specific
technical requirements. The 1200R appliance was the only proven solution to meet
these requirements, and Acea worked with systems integrator DGS Group to deploy it
within the company’s existing network infrastructure.

Additionally, the 1200R will integrate with the
Panoptesec cyber defence decision support infrastructure.
This EU-funded initiative addresses the challenges of detecting vulnerabilities and
possible attacks on sensitive information and essential networks and services by
enabling individuals, companies and organisations to handle security incidents.
Panoptesec delivers a continuous cyber security
monitoring and response capability in real-time. It proactively and reactively
evaluates system weaknesses to identify potential attacks, provide a list of
prioritised response actions to automatically manage cyber incidents.

"We wanted to protect our internal and external SCADA assets as well as all the
relevant Command & Control centers," says Andrea Guarino, ICT Security, Privacy and
Compliance manager at Acea. "The ’pain point’ was being able to detect and block
all ’normal’ attacks against our networks and those attacks specifically targeting
SCADA networks and devices. We also needed to ensure we had full visibility of the
SCADA command sequences, both sent and received, on the controlled networks and that
we were able to record them for forensic and analysis purposes. The Check Point
solution was the only one to meet all of our criteria."

The Check Point 1200R has also improved overall performance on Acea’s SCADA networks
thanks to the traffic filtering done on the appliance: this could potentially
enable more peripheral devices to be deployed on existing servers and communication
lines.

"The Check Point solution provides us with enhanced security and has improved our
ability to identify and respond to potential vulnerabilities," added Andrea Guarino
at Acea. "We now also have a better understanding of the command flows and
information used by our SCADA systems and industrial control systems. Furthermore,
we can now monitor and analyze network traffic, enabling us to improve our overall
security posture."

Acea was the first company to utilise the Panoptesec service to centralise data and resources from its commercial partners and suppliers,
collating information provided by various cyber security defence systems and probes,
including firewall, IPS / IDS, Silent Defense and Syslog. This centralised
information simplifies analysis and monitoring.


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