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Check Point
Software’s new
rugged gateway
secures industrial
control systems
and critical
infrastructures
against cyberthreats
heck Point Software
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Technologies, a leading
provider of cybersecurity
solutions globally, has announced the
new 1570R rugged security gateway to
protect networks in critical infrastructure,
Industrial Control Systems (ICS) and
SCADA systems against all types of
advanced Gen V cyberthreats.
The 1570R delivers unrivalled
performance, threat prevention security
technology, ease of deployment and
control and reliability to the most
demanding industrial settings such as
power plants, automated factories and
maritime fleets.
ACRONIS PARTNERS WITH
ATLÉTICO DE MADRID TO
BECOME TEAM’S OFFICIAL CYBER
PROTECTION PARTNER
Securing today’s critical infrastructure,
ICS and SCADA systems against
cyberattacks is more challenging than
ever before as they are connected to
complex, distributed networks and smart
IoT devices using specialised protocols.
IBM’s 2020 Threat Intelligence Index
showed that targeted attacks against
ICS and SCADA assets increased over
2,000% in 2019, often involving nation
states or using ransomware to damage
operations. The SANS 2019 State of OT/
ICS Cybersecurity Survey showed that
61% of incidents disrupted operational
technology (OT).
This expanded attack surface, the move
to Industry 4.0 automation and the
rapid shift to remote working enforced
by COVID-19 lockdowns, demands
the most advanced, comprehensive
security to stop threats propagating from
employees’ laptops and mobiles to infect
OT systems.
cronis, a global leader
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in cyber protection,
has announced a new
partnership with Atlético de Madrid,
one of the greatest football clubs
not only in Spain but worldwide,
with 10 LaLiga titles, 10 King Cups,
eight international trophies won
and currently second placed at
the UEFA ranking. As the team’s
official cyber protection partner,
Acronis will be providing multiple
services and solutions to the team to
prevent data loss and mitigate risk,
including Acronis Backup, Disaster
Recovery and File Sync and Share.
The protection will cover hundreds
of workstations, servers and cloud
storage locations.
Atlético de Madrid’s Technology
and Digital Development Director,
René Abril, shares his optimism on
how this partnership will help take
the club to the next level: “Sport, and
particularly football, has for years relied
heavily on technological advances.
The clubs are committed to ensuring
that the experience in the stadiums is
also backed by connectivity, always
respecting the leading role of sport. We
have a new stadium where sensorisation
and data generation are pillars of our
transformation plan. Acronis offers us
the security of having our data protected
from any threat.”
Acronis solutions are built upon the
five vectors of cyber protection, which
are: safety; accessibility; privacy;
authenticity; and security (SAPAS).
Solutions built upon this design
philosophy offer organisations both
security and ease-of-access to their
data, which are commonly thought of as
being polarising concepts, along with
the guarantee that their data is tamperfree
and legitimate.
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