KANSAS
CITY,
Missouri,
and
MIAMI
(S4X23)
—
In
an
effort
to
improve
cybersecurity
resiliency
for
critical
infrastructure
environments, 1898
&
Co. is
launching Managed
Threat
Protection
&
Response,
a
new
proactive
threat
hunting
and
response
capability
to
its
existing Managed
Security
Services
(MSS)
solution.
1898
&
Co.
is
the
business,
technology
and
cybersecurity
consulting
arm
of
Burns
&
McDonnell,
a
100%
employee-owned
engineering,
construction
and
architecture
firm.
Since
the
beginning
of
2020,
cyberattacks
aimed
at
sectors
that
are
critical
to
society
have
increased
by
more
than
400%.
Of
those
attacks,
45%
were
ransomware
attacks
that
targeted
or
impacted
industrial
control
systems.
Left
undetected,
cyber
sabotage
within
critical
infrastructure
environments
like
the
power
grid
and
water
systems
result
in
service
disruptions,
infrastructure
damage
and
negative
impacts
to
the
environment
and
to
public
health
and
safety.
Unlike
other
firms
that
focus
mostly
on
information
technology
cybersecurity,
1898
&
Co.
is
one
of
the
first
firms
to
apply
their
operational
technology
(OT)
and
industrial
control
systems
(ICS)
cybersecurity
specialization
into
managed
security
services.
“Managing
security
for
ICS
and
OT
is
a
rare
capability
for
a
reason:
Critical
infrastructure
is
a
highly
complex
environment,”
says Chris
Underwood,
vice
president
and
general
manager
of
1898
&
Co.
“At
1898
&
Co.,
our
consultants
live
and
breathe
critical
infrastructure.
We’ve
worked
in
the
industry
and
for
the
industry,
so
we
have
a
deep
understanding
of
its
challenges.”
1898
&
Co.’s
Managed
Threat
Protection
&
Response
service,
through
intelligence
enrichment
and
insights
gained
from
collective
defense
information
sharing,
leverages
a
variety
of
indicators
and
tactics,
techniques
and
procedures
to
provide
24×7
threat
monitoring
and
detection.
1898
&
Co.’s
service
also
proactively
hunts
for
possible
intrusions
within
clients’
OT
and
ICS.
Industry
analysts
note
that
incidents
in
these
environments
are
inevitable,
however
damage
and
fallout
can
be
lessened
through
rapid
detection
and
response
capabilities.
Additionally,
regulatory
measures
continue
to
evolve
in
response
to
the
heightened
threats
posed
to
critical
infrastructure
companies.
For
example,
Federal
Energy
Regulatory
Commission
recently
directed
the
North
American
Electric
Reliability
Corporation
to
develop
reliability
standards
requiring Internal
Network
Security
Monitoring
standards.
These
new
standards
require
power
utilities
to
implement
monitoring
and
detection
and
identify
anomalous
activity
by
way
of
regulatory
mandate,
a
significant
development
for
that
industry.
“Cyber-related
risk
remains
a
top
concern
and
consideration
for
every
critical
infrastructure
company,”
says Matt
Morris,
managing
director
of
Security
&
Risk
Consulting,
1898
&
Co.
“We
continue
to
see
increasing
digitization,
threats
and
corresponding
regulation.
Given
the
increasing
talent
shortage,
keeping
critical
processes
operational
is
getting
more
and
more
complicated.
As
specialists
who
focus
on
critical
infrastructure
cybersecurity,
we
uniquely
understand
how
these
environments
are
designed,
built
and
operated,
and
we
have
an
unmatched
team
of
engineers
and
consultants
at
our
back.”
The
new
capability
and MSS
services from
1898
&
Co.
are
now
available
and
uniquely
leverages
multiple
on-premise
monitoring
and
detection
partner
platforms,
including
Dragos,
Claroty
and
Armis,
with
a
limited
number
of
platforms
expected
to
be
added
over
time.
The
MSS
provides
active
response
via
CrowdStrike
Falcon
platform,
an
industry-leading
security
solution.
The
MSS
service
also
provides
the
additional
value
of
OT
asset
discovery,
inventory
and
reporting
to
include
vulnerabilities
and
network
topology
mapping.
1898
&
Co.
has
also
collaborated
with
various
information
sharing
and
analysis
centers
(ISACs)
to
access
various
industry-specific
indicators
of
compromise
and
tactics,
techniques,
and
procedures.
Initial
affiliates
include
the
E-ISAC
(electric
utilities)
and
WaterISAC
(water
utilities),
with
additional
ISACs
on
the
roadmap.
This
summer,
1898
&
Co.
will
launch
an
upgraded,
next
generation
security
operations
center
(SOC)
for
advanced
protection
and
response.
About
1898
&
Co.
1898
&
Co.
is
a
global
business
and
technology
consultancy
that
brings
together
a
unique
blend
of
engineers
and
industry
leaders
to
deliver
strategic
business
insights
and
solutions
for
critical
infrastructure
industries.
We
partner
with
clients
to
plan,
invest,
secure
and
optimize
critical
assets
for
a
successful,
sustainable
future.
For
more
information,
visit 1898andCo.com.
About
Burns
&
McDonnell
Burns
&
McDonnell
is
a
family
of
companies
bringing
together
an
unmatched
team
of
more
than
13,500
engineers,
construction
and
craft
professionals,
architects,
planners,
technologists,
and
scientists
to
design
and
build
our
critical
infrastructure.
With
an
integrated
construction
and
design
mindset,
we
offer
full-service
capabilities.
Founded
in
1898
and
working
from
70
offices
globally,
Burns
&
McDonnell
is
100%
employee-owned.
Learn
how
we
are designed
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