Learn more about integrating VMRay Analyzer in different areas of your organizations and how to use its API to automate the submission and processing of the analysis of malware. According to a report from Honeywell the use of USB removable media in industrial environments increased by 30% last year. One of the reasons for using USB drives in industrial environments is that they serve to transfer vendor updates, changes to configuration files and diagnostical data.
Needless to say that this poses a risk. These transfers punch holes in the concept of air-gapped networks and potentially give attackers the opportunity to pivot between assumed “isolated” networks.
An approach that’s often used in larger industrial environments is a data exchange point where USB drives first have to be scanned before they are allowed into the environment. In practice, vendors plug their USB drive in a media scanner, the scanner analyses the drive and its contents and gives a go/no-go verdict. In another scenario the vendor provides the industrial site the files already upfront and, after they are scanned and approved, these files are available for the technician to execute the update or maintenance. ...read more!
