Kaspersky presents its first Cyber Immune solution at Hannover Messe

Kaspersky IoT Secure Gateway 100, based on KasperskyOS, will be unveiled at the Hannover Messe trade fair. The new solution is designed to connect field devices and sensors with Industrial IoT (IIoT) platform services, ensuring the advanced inbuilt security of data collected on equipment, and its safe transition to digital apps. 

According to a study by Juniper Research, the global number of IIoT connections is expected to grow 107% by 2025, reaching 36.8 billion. Collecting and processing data from IIoT sensors on equipment gives businesses a better understanding of their workflow, enables predictive maintenance, and improves efficiency and performance. The main challenge is how to connect operational technology (OT) with the corporate digital ecosystem, which involves selecting relevant data from the whole dataset, converting it, and sending it securely to the processing application in the IT environment.

Kaspersky IoT Secure Gateway 100 enables direct and protected connection to industrial domains with pumps, CNCs, conveyors and many other expensive fixed assets. This first product has been developed based on Siemens Simatic IoT2040 hardware and KasperskyOS, and according to Kaspersky’s Cyber Immunity concept. Thanks to the Kaspersky Security System, KasperskyOS microkernel and Multiple Independent Levels of Security (MILS) architecture, the gateway can only perform those actions that were envisaged at the design stage. This means that the majority of cyberattacks on the Cyber Immune gateway are ineffective and cannot affect its main functions. Therefore, there is no need for additional protection for the gateway and connected equipment, such as antivirus, device control, or data diode solutions.

The gateway is suitable for deployment in infrastructures with diverse equipment from different manufacturers thanks to its use of the universal communication protocol OPC UA. Kaspersky IoT Secure Gateway 100 has a native connection to Siemens MindSphere, a cloud-based IIoT service digital platform. All functional components of Kaspersky IoT Secure Gateway 100 were designed and developed by Kaspersky’s daughter IIoT company, Adaptive Production Technology (APROTECH), which is an official Silver MindSphere partner. The joint solution enables quick access to trusted industrial data, which transforms this data into productive business results by using powerful industrial applications with advanced analytics and AI.  

“Digital technology is changing fast, and we have seen recently how cybersecurity has become one of the most pressing global issues,” said Grigory Sizov, head of KasperskyOS business unit. “Our concept of Cyber Immunity revolves around building various IT solutions on the provable innate security basis provided by our operating system, KasperskyOS. Cyber Immune solutions are able to withstand an overwhelming majority of cyberattacks. I’m very proud that we are presenting our first Cyber Immune product – Kaspersky IoT Secure Gateway 100 – at Hannover Messe 2021. This is the beginning of a very big journey, and soon there will be more KasperskyOS-based Cyber Immune products bringing a paradigm shift to the market."

“Digital transformation will create new leading companies with IIoT ecosystems implemented. Advanced technologies, new skill sets, and innovative business models are among the crucial domains needed for change, together with a new level of resilience required. We are proud to announce Kaspersky IoT Secure Gateway 100 today, as an essential part of the winning combination and first-born solution from the forthcoming Cyber Immunity family,” commented Andrey Suvorov, CEO at Adaptive Production Technology.

For more information about the new Kaspersky IoT Secure Gateway 100, please visit the website.

Dedicated sessions on Kaspersky’s Cyber Immunity approach and Kaspersky IoT Secure Gateway 100 will take place during Hannover Messe:

• April 14, 12:15 – 13:00 CEST - ‘Cyber Immunity for Cyber Age’, Eugene Kaspersky, CEO at Kaspersky
• April 14, 16:00 – 16:25 CEST – ‘Cyber Immunity: from idea to unique IIoT gateway’, Andrey Suvorov, CEO at Adaptive Production Technology

About Kaspersky

Kaspersky is a global cybersecurity and digital privacy company founded in 1997. Kaspersky’s deep threat intelligence and security expertise is constantly transforming into innovative security solutions and services to protect businesses, critical infrastructure, governments and consumers around the globe. The company’s comprehensive security portfolio includes leading endpoint protection and a number of specialized security solutions and services to fight sophisticated and evolving digital threats. Over 400 million users are protected by Kaspersky technologies and we help 240,000 corporate clients protect what matters most to them. Learn more at usa.kaspersky.com.

About Adaptive Production Technology

Adaptive Production Technology (APROTECH) is a daughter Kaspersky company in the field of IIoT founded in 2018. APROTECH’s business relies on design and development of vertical IIoT solutions, starting from a gateway (it provides a secure connection between production equipment and a cloud-based open operating system) and finishing with visualization of technological processes bottlenecks proposing agile deployment of business services for cyber-physical systems. Learn more at https://www.aprotech.ru/?lang=en