Nozomi Networks Inc. and Schneider Electric, recently announced what they are describing as the industry’s first security sensor that runs embedded in Schneider Electric remote terminal units (RTUs). With Nozomi Arc Embedded in Schneider SCADAPack 47xi Smart RTUs, security and operations teams gain visibility at the control device layer of their industrial automation equipment and field assets.
Additionally, the sensor provides the ability to analyze and deter control device-level threats and malicious user activity without impacting current resources or disrupting mission-critical networks. As a result, organizations benefit from greater operational resilience and uptime, reduced cyber risk, and better compliance.
The RTU collects, processes, and transmits data from sensors and actuators in remote or distributed locations such as rural water pumping stations, electrical substations in mountainous regions and more. They operate as a bridge between the field equipment and a central control system, enabling real-time monitoring and control of industrial processes.
By directly embedding Nozomi Arc Embedded into Schneider RTUs, security and operations teams gain visibility into important data from within RTUs, and the field assets controlled by those RTUs including:
- Updates to RTU endpoint status, including software and hardware inventory, vulnerability details, resource utilization.
- Level 0 visibility. Arc Embedded extracts process variable data directly from the RTU, enabling unmatched visibility into physical processes and device state – without requiring external polling protocols.
- Threat and anomaly detection. Arc Embedded detects malicious and suspicious operational actions, like USB or SD card connections/removals, time setting manipulation, changes to control logic and firmware, mechanical manipulations and more.
Arc Embedded transforms existing industrial control systems into secure-by-design assets, offering a fully integrated security layer from an independent vendor that delivers robust, comprehensive protection for today’s in-production systems.
Arc Embedded is available now for Schneider SCADAPack 47xi Smart RTUs via a subscription-based model, available from Schneider Electric, Nozomi Networks, and an extensive global network of Nozomi Networks channel partners.