Emerson
Process Management’s Hydrocarbon and Energy Industry Center
provides comprehensive network security services. Our detailed knowledge
of control and business systems ensures that our customers receive
best-fit, fully integrated solutions.
The
Challenge
The
challenge in creating a secure business network is resolving the conflicting
goals of control-system security and optimum business-system data
flow. Control systems must be stable and predictable. The consequences
of control system failures are more costly than business system failures.
Control system operations require quick and easy authentication and
authorization strategies. The large quantities of important information
in a control system must be easily retrieved without jeopardizing
the system’s safety and reliability.
The
Solution
Our
qualified information technology experts examine the control and business
systems of an organization and recommend solutions for effectively
integrating them. We achieve this by using industry-best practices,
operating constraints, and the specific details of each system. Our
comprehensive analysis results in recommendations for:
• authentication (e.g., username/password) strategy for operations
• firewall locations and rules
• data historian locations
• backups and virus prevention strategies
Benefits
Our
customers benefit from our network security solutions by optimizing
the roles of key personnel, such as process engineers, accounting
professionals, and maintenance managers. Our services improve business
system operations by:
• increasing the availability of historical data
• ensuring safe access to business operating conditions
Technology
Expertise
Our
thorough network security expertise identifies and improves:
• local area network/wide area network (LAN/WAN) technologies
• firewall features and limitations (e.g., threats and backdoors)
• control systems and operations
Satisfied
Customers
A
partial list of satisfied network security customers includes:
• Dakota Gasification Company
•EnCana
•Explorer Pipeline Company
