Cisco TrustSec

The turtle, protected by its hard shell, is a good metaphor for the security model used in most industrial networks. The industrial DMZ (iDMZ) is the shell that protects the soft, vulnerable center—the industrial control systems (ICS) the business depends on. But while the iDMZ blocks most threats, some will inevitably slip through. When they do, they can move sideways from device to device, potentially causing downtime and information leakage. Giving traffic free rein once…