Schneider Electric has integrated WALLIX Inside into its line of Harmony P6 industrial PCs.
WALLIX and Schneider Electric’s partnership spans over five years, and the pair will be launching an integrated solution that ensures the enhanced security of connections for the systems of industrial plants, commercial buildings, hospitals, and data centres.
WALLIX Inside allows industrial engineering specialists to manage identity and access between their solution and connected industrial machines to secure access to data in transit.
Through the partnership, Schneider Electric has integrated WALLIX’s “by design” technologies directly into its new line of industrial PCs called Harmony P6. This i-PAM (Industrial Privileged Access Management) device is a plug & play secure connectivity solution for industrial PLC programming and maintenance operations.
It means that industrial companies can protect their system by being the sole administrators and by controlling all connections, whether they are made onsite or remotely via a VPN.
As administrators, give the necessary rights to a session so they can troubleshoot remotely. It makes it possible to ensure the operator’s identity and follow the orders sent to the PLC in real or delayed time.
Schneider Electric Marketing Manager for Industrial Automation Solutions and Services, Frédéric Petit said: “We are going further in our partnership with WALLIX, with whom we developed the i-PAM offer in 2017, by integrating WALLIX Inside technologies into our industrial solutions on an ad hoc basis and as part of a great project. Today, we have taken up the challenge of integrating it directly into this new, high added value Harmony P6 offer, the production of which has just been launched.”
WALLIX VP Channel EMEA Kristine Kirchner said: “Our collaboration with Schneider Electric reflects our desire to speed up the current level of cybersecurity for industrial facilities and the path to Industry 4.0. The upsurge in cyber-attacks shows that companies using industrial systems face a real challenge in securing their access and connections, especially remote access. The collaboration between WALLIX and Schneider Electric is an example of integrating cybersecurity technologies into industrial equipment, which is essential to Industry 4.0 in an increasingly digital world. “
