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The Future of
Industrial Security
Power, efficiency raise the security stakes ever higher By Chris Wall
In the new world of modern industrial networking solutions, the security measures to protect a network must match the pace of innovation across many industries, including mining, oil and gas, agriculture, transportation, heavy construction, military, municipali- ties, and government.
With Artificial Intelligence (AI), the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), and robotics, integrated and intelligent sys- tems have been devised that offer novel ways of incorporating new assets into a network. With more systems becoming integrated, the line between digital and physical infrastructure has become in- creasingly blurred. As the power and effi- ciency of connectivity solutions improve, the security stakes are raised ever higher.
It is for these reasons that, in real terms, a compromised network represents a significant threat to mission-critical sys-
tems that keep people safe from harm, as well as jeopardizing sensitive data. Data deserves protection from malicious ac- tors seeking to steal from, subvert or otherwise interfere with vital industrial operations. Given the significance of the problem, the industry is increasingly turning to networks with encryption op- tions and unwavering reliability to solve to this very problem. To stand up to the escalation of the “cyber war” CSO’s and CISO’s are searching for secure network- ing solutions to provide the kind of pro- tection they now require, which must of- ten support mobility and autonomy.
The Rajant ES1 also earned Security Today’s Govies award for platinum-level “Intelligent Communications. As a re- sult, Rajant Kinetic Mesh is well-estab- lished as being a best-in-class offering for CSOs and CISOs in their arsenal of tools to reduce the risk from external threats,
all while managing security effectively at a degree of efficiency that was previously inaccessible.
THE BEST OF MESH NETWORKS
Rajant’s Kinetic Mesh networks are built to provide multi-level, robust security to protect network traffic, even as network to- pologies evolve. As a result, Rajant can of- fer resilient, intelligent, and secure wireless broadband connectivity, and the Kinetic Mesh solution shines in environments not typically suited to traditional connectivity, such as mobility-driven locations, including ports, mines, energy plants and railyards.
With the Kinetic Mesh, you can remove or introduce new nodes into the network, and the intelligent mesh will automatically adapt, while maintaining complete secu- rity. Rajant has strived to create a “living” network which is dynamic, and capable of adapting to the communication require-
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