Fortra’s Tripwire NERC CIP Solution Suite is an advanced offering that augments Tripwire’s tools for meeting 23 of NERC CIP’s 44 requirements. The Tripwire NERC CIP Solution Suite allows you to achieve and maintain NERC CIP compliance with high efficacy and reduced effort. This suite includes continuous monitoring of cyber assets, automated assessment of security, and audit-ready evidence with...

The Host based Security System (HBSS) is a suite of products that the Department of Defense (DoD) mandated for use within the DoD Enterprise Network in early 2007. The intent was that DoD organizations would use it to monitor, detect, and prevent successful attacks against the department’s systems and networks. On the surface, the concept of HBSS is a solid one: a consistent, single IT security...

Federal security professionals are tasked with protecting agencies against attacks, detecting threats, identifying vulnerabilities, and hardening configurations while simultaneously demonstrating that critical systems are in compliance. Each of these complex processes must be executed with limited time and resources. In an ideal environment, an agency’s security solutions would enable personnel to...

The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) is implementing the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) program to standardize the level of cybersecurity implemented throughout its 300,000 suppliers. In practice, this means that every member of the Defense Industrial Base (DIB) will be required to pass an audit in order to win DoD contracts. Tripwire Enterprise gives you out-of-the-box...

Tripwire solutions protect sensitive data and assets from breaches, vulnerabilities, and threats while delivering risk visibility, business context and security business intelligence. The integration between Tripwire and Novatech’s NERC CIP Password, Configuration and Remote Access Management solution brings a consistent approach to the management, auditing and maintenance of secure configurations...

North American electric utility companies constantly balance the need to be audit-ready for NERC CIP compliance against their top priority: ensuring the reliability of the bulk electric system.NERC CIP compliance, especially when approached using manual methods, is complex, time-consuming, and prone to human error. Further, NERC CIP requirements often infer security skill sets beyond those of many...