FORT WORTH, Texas, June 18, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --
Dennis Murphy, of Elbit Systems
of America, will participate in a panel discussion regarding the
importance of Israeli Innovation and Technology in Cyber Security
at the second annual Cyber Security for Oil and Gas Conference on
June 18. The conference will be held
at the Doubletree, Greenway Plaza, in Houston, Texas on June
16-18, 2014.
"The global prominence of Israel's technology in the cyber security
industry is increasing," stated Murphy. According to Murphy,
Israeli technology has advanced due to their rapid growth in the
oil and gas upstream energy market. "Israel faces new cyber threats on a daily
basis. This constant barrage of threats coupled with
Israel's new focus on oil and gas
production has driven innovative solutions in the cyber security
technology sector. The time is right to capitalize on this
technology in the United States
and throughout the globe," Murphy commented.
The theme of this year's conference is "Developing Holistic
Preparedness for the Next Major Cyber-Threat."
Murphy added, "Our parent company, Elbit Systems Ltd., is
already providing solutions for other critical infrastructure high
risk systems. Our FIDES system, which is a distributed automated
whitelisting sensor technology, is a perfect example of a new
solution designed to meet the cyber security needs. It is this need
that drives our innovative solutions."
Whitelisting versus blacklisting technology will be one of the
areas of discussion during the conference. Whitelisting will
protect the oil and gas industry by using deep packet inspection on
dozens of SCADA protocols to validate "good" packets and provide
customer protection against external threats, misconfigurations,
and internal inefficiencies of their network.
"If a network engineer reconfigures a system inappropriately,
our system immediately alerts critical infrastructure asset owners
of the change," commented Murphy. "Basically, our solution protects
a company from both internal and external threats by validating the
configuration in real-time."
Another area of innovation from Elbit is an interactive training
suite of products that brings trainees through threat scenarios
using the same defensive tools and technologies they will be using
at their companies. This cyber trainer suite has the ability
to script a large selection of basic and complex attacks against an
emulated network. The trainee is then responsible for
defending the emulated network. This scenario based training
allows the trainee to learn in a low-risk environment before being
responsible for corporate assets in production.
About Elbit Systems of America, LLC
Elbit Systems of America is a leading provider of high
performance products and system solutions focusing on the
commercial aviation, defense, homeland security, and medical
instrumentation markets. With facilities throughout
the United States, Elbit Systems of America is dedicated to
supporting those who contribute daily to the safety and security of
the United States. Elbit Systems of America, LLC is wholly
owned by Elbit Systems Ltd. (NASDAQ and TASE: ESLT), a global
electronics company engaged in a wide range of programs for
innovative defense and commercial applications. For
additional information, visit: http://www.elbitsystems-us.com.
About Elbit Systems
Elbit Systems Ltd. is an international defense electronics
company engaged in a wide range of programs throughout the world.
The Company, which includes Elbit Systems and its subsidiaries,
operates in the areas of aerospace, land and naval systems,
command, control, communications, computers, intelligence
surveillance and reconnaissance ("C4ISR"), unmanned aircraft
systems ("UAS"), advanced electro-optics, electro-optic space
systems, EW suites, signal intelligence ("SIGINT") systems, data
links and communications systems and radios. The Company also
focuses on the upgrading of existing military platforms, developing
new technologies for defense, homeland security and commercial
aviation applications and providing a range of support services,
including training and simulation systems.
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Contact: Shari Clarkson,
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