Keysight Unveils Industrial Visibility Solutions for Electric Utility Market

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Keysight Technologies has launched new Industrial Visibility solutions aimed at helping electric utilities comply with NERC Critical Infrastructure Protection monitoring requirements. These solutions enhance monitoring of operational technology (OT) systems, addressing increasing cybersecurity threats such as ransomware. Key products include Copper Tough Taps, a Power Solution, Flex Tough Taps, and the Vision T1000 Packet Aggregator. Keysight emphasizes the need for integrated OT and IT cybersecurity solutions, with upcoming demonstrations at the EnergySec Conference and GridSecCon.

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• Launch of new Industrial Visibility solutions that meet NERC CIP requirements.
• Enhanced monitoring for OT systems, addressing critical cybersecurity threats.
• New products designed for extreme environments, ensuring operational reliability.

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New network packet broker and taps enable electric utilities to meet monitoring requirements worldwide

SANTA ROSA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS), a leading technology company that delivers advanced design and validation solutions to help accelerate innovation to connect and secure the world, announced a new series of Industrial Visibility solutions, which include a network packet broker and taps that enable electric utilities to meet North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) monitoring requirements.

Operational technology (OT) systems, including industrial and control systems (ICS) that support the core operation of utilities, gas, oil and critical manufacturing companies, are targets for cyberattacks. Ransomware, extortion, and financially motivated cybercrimes top the list of threat vectors that concern respondents according to the SANS 2021 ICS Survey Report issued by the SANS Institute.

“While the threat of cyberattacks have kept IT security teams awake for the past forty years, the Ukraine power plant hack in 2015 was the first real wake up call for OT teams around the world,” said Taran Singh, vice president, Enterprise Solutions at Keysight Technologies. “OT networks are increasingly interconnected with IT networks expanding the OT attack surface. As cybersecurity attacks escalate against critical infrastructures, industrial operators, such as electric utilities, need technology to monitor the cybersecurity of both their OT and IT environments.”

Keysight’s new Industrial Visibility solutions enable industrial asset operators and owners to monitor their IT and OT infrastructure for threats while meeting NERC CIP security standards and similar regulations for high-voltage electric transmission and power generation. These standards, including CIP-005, CIP-007, CIP-008, and CIP-010, require utilities to collect and archive network traffic at the plant and substation level.

Keysight’s new Industrial Visibility solutions include:

• Copper Tough Taps, which are purpose-built 10/100/1000Mbps taps, provide fail-to-wire access to network traffic in extreme operating temperatures that support Power over Ethernet (PoE) pass through and are physically air gapped to monitor ports for intrusion protection.
• Copper Tough Tap Power Solution, which offers fully redundant power source supply (dual-redundant) that is Trade Agreements Act (TAA) compliant and can power up to 16 copper Tough Taps.
• Flex Tough Taps that provide inline access to network traffic, have no IP address, do not drop packets, and add no additional overhead or management burden to network devices.
• Vision T1000 Packet Aggregator is a network packet broker that provides network visibility into remote sites with harsh environments.

Keysight’s Tough Taps and Vision T1000 meet extended temperature ranges, withstand shock and vibration, and have optimized copper and fiber 10/100, 1G and 10G ports. In addition, these products have been certified for the International of Electrical and Electronics Engineers standards IEEE1613 for safety and IEC 61850 for communication protocols for intelligent electrical devices.

Keysight’s Industrial Visibility Solutions will be demonstrated at the upcoming EnergySec Conference in Anaheim, California from Oct. 4-6, 2021 and the GridSecCon virtual conference Oct. 18-20, 2021. Keysight’s Eric Floyd will present a session at the EnergySec Conference entitled “You can’t protect what you can’t see: network visibility provides the foundation for industrial security”, on October 5^th at 2:15 pm PT.

About Keysight Technologies

Keysight delivers advanced design and validation solutions that help accelerate innovation to connect and secure the world. Keysight’s dedication to speed and precision extends to software-driven insights and analytics that bring tomorrow’s technology products to market faster across the development lifecycle, in design simulation, prototype validation, automated software testing, manufacturing analysis, and network performance optimization and visibility in enterprise, service provider and cloud environments. Our customers span the worldwide communications and industrial ecosystems, aerospace and defense, automotive, energy, semiconductor and general electronics markets. Keysight generated revenues of $4.2B in fiscal year 2020. For more information about Keysight Technologies (NYSE: KEYS), visit us at www.keysight.com.

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Beth Hespe, Americas and Europe

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beth.hespe@keysight.com

Fusako Dohi, Asia

+81 42 660-2162

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Source: Keysight Technologies, Inc.

FAQ

What are Keysight Technologies' new products for electric utilities?

Keysight Technologies' new products include Copper Tough Taps, a Power Solution, Flex Tough Taps, and the Vision T1000 Packet Aggregator, designed to enhance cybersecurity monitoring.

How do Keysight's solutions address cybersecurity for electric utilities?

The solutions help utilities monitor their OT and IT infrastructure for cybersecurity threats, ensuring compliance with NERC Critical Infrastructure Protection standards.

When will Keysight Technologies demonstrate their new solutions?

Keysight Technologies will demonstrate their new solutions at the EnergySec Conference from October 4-6, 2021, and at GridSecCon from October 18-20, 2021.

What regulatory standards do Keysight's solutions help meet?

Keysight's solutions are designed to meet NERC Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) standards, which include regulations like CIP-005, CIP-007, CIP-008, and CIP-010.

What is the significance of Keysight's new Industrial Visibility solutions?

These solutions enable electric utilities to comply with cybersecurity regulations while enhancing the security of their operational technology against rising cyber threats.