Keeping manufacturing secure requires an effective endpoint security strategy, and Inductive Automation is taking steps to ensure that its platform is safe and secure. The company’s CISO, Jason Waits, is committed to building a strong cybersecurity program with Ignition, a platform relied on by healthcare, energy, pharmaceutical manufacturing and other critical industries. To help ensure safety in the supply chain, Ignition utilizes the highest levels of access control, application security, network security and more.
To protect against future threats, Inductive Automation has replaced 500 endpoints with a new, state-of-the-art endpoint protection system. The system is lightweight yet effective at stopping cyberattacks, and its efficient usage of resources within the system allows for greater speed and accuracy of development. Furthermore, consolidating disparate resources into a single endpoint helps reduce administration overhead while improving detection accuracy.
Additional implementation of multi-factor authentication actions, hardware-backed MFA authentication, and strict role-based access control protocols further increase the security of the platform. To ensure their cybersecurity procedures are appropriately implemented and secure, Inductive Automation also undergoes annual penetration testing from third parties.
Inductive Automation is a software provider to manufacturers, utilities, and critical infrastructure, offering the Ignition platform to securely integrate their existing industrial control systems (ICS) and operations technology (OT) systems with real-time sensor data. With the world’s leading businesses relying on Ignition for their cybersecurity needs, Inductive Automation takes cybersecurity seriously.
Jason Waits has been the CISO at Inductive Automation since 2021 and recently discussed his mission of implementing a world-class cybersecurity program. Waits and his team understand the importance of investing in endpoint security to combat the rise in cyberattacks directed toward the manufacturing industry and protect the millions of people they serve. As a former founding executive at a startup software consultancy, Waits is well equipped to lead the effort to strengthen cybersecurity policies.
As a leader in the software industry, Inductive Automation is always looking for ways to stay ahead of the curve in cybersecurity. Join top executives at their event in San Francisco on July 11-12 to find out how other leaders are leveraging Inductive Automation’s Ignition platform to secure and optimize their investments in AI.
