A company using blockchain technology to make infrastructure more secure has unveiled a new product aimed at protecting utilities and other critical infrastructure from hackers. Xage's new policy manager tool partly fills a need in the company's product portfolio, but will also help customers in complying with the Department of Homeland Security new regulations, according to CEO Duncan Greatwood. Whereas previously hackers mainly targeted core network assets, substations and local control centres have increasingly become their main targets, Greatwood stated. Automating the system and enforcing it on the blockchain would therefore prevent any potential tampering.
A company using blockchain technology to make infrastructure more secure has unveiled a new product aimed at protecting utilities and other critical infrastructure from hackers. Xage's new policy manager tool partly fills a need in the company's product portfolio, but will also help customers in complying with the Department of Homeland Security's new regulations, according to CEO Duncan Greatwood. Whereas previously hackers mainly targeted core network assets, substations and local control centres have increasingly become their main targets, Greatwood stated. Automating the system and enforcing it on the blockchain would therefore prevent any potential tampering.