Complying with CIP as mandated by FERC and NERC has Never Been Easier

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) continue to place great emphasis on complying with the Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) mandate. By July 2009, energy company owners and operators are required to comply with specific CIP requirements to safeguard critical cyber assets.

The compliance challenge is even greater today as those same companies face multiple regulations outside of FERC/NERC, including PCI and SOX. The promise of “compliance in a box” log management solutions falls far short of delivering genuine security improvements. The reality is that log management and forensic analysis is simply not enough. What's needed is a proactive approach to network defense and insider abuse that won’t strain existing energy company IT resources.

We can help.
TriGeo SIM is a network appliance that provides you with unprecedented network visibility, security and control at a price point that will have your boss smiling. TriGeo SIM includes over 650 network and security monitoring rules and more than 240 pre-built compliance and management reports - at no extra cost. It works with your existing network tools to deliver a comprehensive security solution with real-time log management, event correlation, end-point security, and active response technology.

To learn more about how TriGeo can enable compliance with CIP and help secure your network, we invite you to download, The Case for SIEM in Proactive Network Security, white paper.

See TriGeo SIM in action...
We invite you to see for yourself why this product is so highly rated by reviewers and loved by customers. Join us for a biweekly webinar, "Using TriGeo SIM to Defend Against Network Attacks & Insider Abuse." In this LIVE demonstration, you'll watch TriGeo SIM in action under real-world conditions. You'll see TriGeo's real-time log analysis and automated response to:

• Policy violations
• Unauthorized application usage
• Inappropriate web browsing
• USB mass storage devices
• Network attacks
• Insider threats

TriGeo SIM is delivered as a fully configured appliance. Our customers have described TriGeo as a "live by lunch" solution that was easy to deploy and administer. For energy company IT professionals, using TriGeo SIM to monitor network activity, send alerts and even proactively defend the network with automated responses, frees your team to focus on other tasks.

TriGeo SIM delivers support for the main tenants of FERC/NERC CIP including:

• CIP-003-1 – Cyber Security – Security Management controls
• CIP-005-1 – Cyber Security – Electronic Security Perimeter(s)
• CIP-006-1 – Cyber Security – Physical Security of Critical Cyber Assets
• CIP-007-1 – Cyber Security – Systems Security Management
• CIP-008-1 – Cyber Security – Incident Reporting and Response Planning

Why settle for just log management and forensics when you can proactively defend your network with:

• Active Response: user-defined automated actions enable proactive network defense against external attacks and insider abuse.
• End-Point Security: TriGeo SIM safeguards against confidential or personal identity information being copied to inappropriate devices such as a USB drive.
• Real-Time Monitoring & Event Correlation: working in memory, TriGeo SIM delivers true real-time monitoring and event correlation without taxing valuable system and network resources.

To learn more about how these attributes combine to deliver energy companies with a cost effective means of complying with CIP, please register today for: "Using TriGeo SIM to Defend Against Network Attacks & Insider Abuse."