RuggedRouter™

The RuggedRouter™, an industrially hardened, cyber security appliance has been specifically developed to provide an Electronic Security Perimeter for the protection of critical cyber assets. The RuggedRouter™ is the main point of entry between the local area network (plant floor or substation) and the outside world. The RuggedRouter™ combines a layer 3 router, a firewall,
and a VPN in one device.

Key RuggedRouter™ Cyber Security features include:

• Firewall – Statefull firewall to control traffic between different zones of trust within a network. Includes Network Address Translation (NAT) to prevent unauthorized or malicious activity, initiated by outside hosts, from reaching the internal LAN.
• Virtual Private Networking (VPN) – Provides secure communication links over
  networks. Ensures confidentiality, sender authentication, message integrity, and
  uses IPSec (IP Security) for encryption and authentication of all IP packets at the
  network layer.
• Strong Encryption – Utilizes various encryption algorithms (DES, 3DES, AES) to obscure information and make it unreadable without special knowledge
• Intrusion Detection System (coming soon) – To detect various types of malicious or abnormal network traffic and computer usage that can not be detected by a conventional firewall. Used specifically to detect various type of network “attacks” (eg. worms, viruses) and unauthorized activities (eg. unauthorized logins, files access).

RuggedSwitch™

The RuggedSwitch™ family of substation hardened Ethernet switches provides security at the local area network level. The key cyber security features of these switches include:

• Passwords – Multi-level user passwords secures switch against unauthorized configuration
• SSH / SSL – Extends capability of password protection to add encryption of passwords and data as they cross the network
• Enable / Disable ports – Capability to disable ports so that traffic can not pass
• 802.1Q VLAN – Provides the ability to logically segregate traffic between predefined ports on switches
• MAC based Port security – The ability to secure ports on a switch so only specific Devices / MAC addresses can communicate via that port
• 802.1x Port Based Network Access Control – The ability to lock down ports on a switch so that only authorized clients can communicate via this port
• Radius - Provides centralized password management
• SNMPv3 - encrypted authentication and access security

RuggedCom Gauntlet

For utilities that access their substation devices via IP, RuggedCom is introducing RuggedCom Gauntlet. RuggedCom Gauntlet is a 100% NERC-CIP compliant solution that provides an electronic security perimeter for effective cyber attack protection. All communication to substation devices are authenticated, controlled, and logged to prevent and detect unauthorized entry attempts. Also included are extensive reporting tools and the unique “Auto-Audit” feature that provides an easy “one-click” function that compiles all NERC-CIP required documents
into a single report.

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For More Information

RuggedCom is ready to assist our customers in designing a secure network environment. If you would like to learn more about RuggedCom’s cyber security offerings and how we can help, email us at RuggedInfo.