DarkNode appliance used to protect against internal and external cyberattacks

Product

April 14, 2016

Ultra Electronics 3eTI?s DarkNode (3e-636L2) is a Layer 2 industrial information assurance (IA) appliance with a built-in application layer rewall that is designed to protect critical infrastructure facilities from internal or external cyberattacks. Its security platform reports over...

Ultra Electronics 3eTI’s DarkNode (3e-636L2) is a Layer 2 industrial information assurance (IA) appliance with a built-in application layer rewall that is designed to protect critical infrastructure facilities from internal or external cyberattacks. Its security platform reports over 150 Mbps of low-latency encrypted VLAN performance. The DarkNode suite provides protections such as remote logging, access control, and application-level packet inspection. The product is designed to provide cryptographic defense-in-depth protection for Ethernet connected program logic controller (PLC) devices without causing latency. DarkNode also provides VLAN encryption. The system is rated at temperatures between -40 °C and +70 °C.

The software design enables the system to be configured as an enforcement point to allow intended industrial protocols to pass through while filtering out unwanted traffic. The access control function is for machine-to-machine communication for utility-management networks and provides an additional layer of protection against attacks targeting critical infrastructure networks. The application level DPI in DarkNode can stop “ride-on” traffic through the open ports while allowing only the intended industrial protocols to pass through. It also offers another layer of protection to isolate vulnerability contamination on one device and prevent it from affecting the industrial control functions.