Guidance Software Unveils Forensic-based Critical Infrastructure Security Solution

Guidance Software,has announced a new relationship with Lofty Perch, a global security solutions provider. Lofty Perch will use Guidance Software EnCase Cybersecurity to give companies the power to discover malicious or improper files and expedite restorative activities in industrial automation environments through the industry's first forensic-based critical infrastructure security solution. With Guidance Software EnCase technology, operators can perform forensic analysis while systems are operational with little impact to performance and availability.

"There is a clear need for cyber forensics and incident analysis management capabilities for industrial automation," said Bob Radvanovsky, a leading expert on SCADA security and co-founder of Infracritical, a firm that provides research and information security awareness programs to critical infrastructure throughout North America. "This effort will combine the expertise of Lofty Perch and Guidance Software to deliver a first-of-its-kind capability to address the emerging problem of cyber forensics within the industrial automation domain."

"Despite the fact that the process control industry including electric, water, oil, and gas are prime targets of malicious cybersecurity attacks, many of these organizations don't have the post-incident cyber analysis tools to distinguish between a normal system failure or malicious activity," said Jim Butterworth, senior director of Cybersecurity for Guidance Software, Inc. "Security solutions that can detect and mitigate these events is critical. Our new relationship with Lofty Perch delivers a solution to investigate cyber events in SCADA and control system domains to accurately expose malicious activity and prevent future events from occurring."

"Companies in the utilities and energy space are under increased pressure to identify and protect against malicious cyber activity," said Lofty Perch President and Chief Scientist Mark Fabro. "This relationship provides for real-time and post-incident cyber forensic analysis -- a vital capability needed in the infrastructure community today. Together, Lofty Perch and Guidance will enable control system vendors, asset owners, and investigators to more accurately determine cyber incident root causes and expedite restorative activities in industrial automation environments."