Project description
New solution to protect critical infrastructures from hackers
Electricity generation plants, oil refineries, chemical factories and other critical infrastructures today rely on remote command and control systems. Industrial control systems (ICS) are systems designed to support industrial processes. Supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems are the largest subgroup. The EU-funded SIGAGuard project will bring to market a next-generation cybersecurity technology measuring low-level electric signals in order to detect at an early stage cybersecurity threats and operational anomalies in ICS-SCADA systems. By monitoring electrical signals generated between the control systems of the programmable logic controller and the end-point, this technology is immune to cyberattacks and protects the SCADA-controlled equipment from any outside interference (hacking).
Objective
SIGAGuard is a next generation cybersecurity technology measuring low-level electric signals in order to detect at an early stage cybersecurity threats and operational anomalies in ICS-SCADA systems. SIGAGuard is the first cybersecurity solution today that monitors electrical signals generated between the control systems (PLC) and the end-point. This is important because 1) it makes the SIGA technology itself immune to cyber-attacks, as well as completely transparent to cyber-attacks on the SCADA system it is monitoring, and 2) it means that SIGAGuard effectively “insulates” the SCADA-controlled equipment from any outside interference (hacking) via the rest of the system, and can provide accurate early warning when an anomaly is detected, reducing unexpected equipment damage and increasing operational safety, efficiency, and reliability.
SIGAGuard has successfully been tested with 2 large Israeli operators (Hagihon Water Company and Israel Electric Corporation) and is ready to be rolled out into the critical infrastructure protection market, estimated to grow from €90Bn in 2016 to €130 Bn by 2021 (source: Market and Markets).
SIGAGuard is sold as a package of hardware and software (one-time fee depending on size/complexity, average €250k per customer) plus a 15% annual fee for service & maintenance. Unlike competing solutions that can be deceived by advanced malware able to feed fake operational parameters to supervisory systems, SIGAGuard is deployed at the lowest tier of the infrastructure (end point), providing direct feedback on the physical parameters (electric signals) of the industrial components to be monitored. This capability makes SIGAGuard the first uncircumventable solution for the detection of anomalies in critical infrastructures.
SIGA is led by the former Director and the Deputy Director of Israel’s National Cyber Security Authority.
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H2020-EU.3.7. - Secure societies - Protecting freedom and security of Europe and its citizens
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H2020-EU.2.3.1. - Mainstreaming SME support, especially through a dedicated instrument
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SME-1 - SME instrument phase 1
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7817201 BEER SHEVA
Israel
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