Under a new cooperation agreement, Thales and Schneider Electric will jointly propose cyber security solutions to essential operators and industry and defence customers to protect their automation and command-and-control systems from attacks.

As a result of this cooperation, essential operators, industry and defence customers will benefit from state-of-the-art solutions to protect them from new and emerging threats such as computer attacks launched from their management systems, unauthorised access across wireless networks and malware introduced via USB memory sticks. These solutions will also assure compliance with new national and international regulations in the area of security for digital command-and-control systems.

Solutions will include risk management, vulnerability analysis, definition of security architectures, implementation of protection and surveillance measures, security maintenance and incident response management, and will be tailored to the automation and commandand-control systems in service with Schneider Electric and Thales’s customers and their specific environments.

Vincent Marfaing, Thales Vice President Information Technology Security/Cybersecurity, said: “Digital security of critical infrastructures is a top priority for the authorities in France and other countries. Through our cooperation with Schneider Electric, we will offer a range of world-class technical solutions to meet this requirement.”