Building a modern power plant or marine vessel requires hardware and software solutions from a variety of suppliers .
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WÄRTSILÄ PROVIDES SOLUTION TO ITS CUSTOMERS TO PROTECT CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURES WITH TENABLE
Wärtsilä , a global leader in life cycle solutions for marine and energy markets , has invested in Tenable to manage its operation technology , subsequently protecting its critical infrastructure . Ross Bailey , Cyber Security Expert , Wärtsilä , tells us more about the partnership and how it has helped the company save time and costs .
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M innovator , Wärtsilä , is using Tenable OT Security to manage its Operational Technology ( OT ) asset inventory collection and provide holistic visibility into its OT environment . The deployment allows Wärtsilä to answer its customers ’ questions about asset delivery , reducing supply chain risks and taking a proactive stance on cybersecurity .
“ The visibility Tenable OT Security delivers helps our customers protect critical infrastructure and adhere to regulations and compliance requirements in a forthright and measured way ,” said Wärtsilä ’ s Cyber Security Expert , Ross Bailey .
Spreadsheets and manual data entry led to errors and compliance challenges
A global leader in innovative technologies and life cycle solutions for the marine and energy markets , Wärtsilä emphasises innovation in sustainable technology and services to help its customers continuously improve environmental and economic performance .
Building a modern power plant or marine vessel requires hardware and software solutions from a variety of suppliers . Customers need to understand every component , down to the firmware and serial number . Adding to the urgency , the European Cyber Resilience Act ( CRA ) will impose cybersecurity obligations on all devices that have a network connection .
Wärtsilä set out to address these challenges by creating automated asset inventory collection , streamlining compliance reporting and enabling OT vulnerability reporting .
Building a modern power plant or marine vessel requires hardware and software solutions from a variety of suppliers .
In the past , the suppliers who installed the equipment for Wärtsilä ’ s customers created an asset list in an Excel spreadsheet . The manual process was time-consuming , error-prone and only relevant for a specific point in time . Technicians had to merge files when new devices were added .
Wärtsilä needed to make the process easy , repeatable and always up-to-date for its customers .
Tenable OT Security automates asset discovery and visualisation at scale
Tenable OT Security enables Wärtsilä to identify assets , communicate risk and prioritise action all while enabling its IT and OT teams to work better together . Knowing exactly which assets exist , its configurations and full situational awareness of both sides of the house , empowers the security team to see and understand the big picture .
According to Bailey , Wärtsilä tested several vendor technologies before selecting Tenable OT Security .
“ Many of these asset management tools are passive – they sniff the network by
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