NanoLock Security joins with Mekorot to deliver cyber protection for water and energy utilities
Nitzanei Oz, Israel and New York City – November 13, 2019 – NanoLock Security, the market leader of flash-to-cloud, powerful security solution for Internet of Things (IoT) and connected edge devices, is pleased to announce that it is joining forces with Mekorot, Israel’s national water company, to develop cybersecurity solutions for water and energy utilities in Israel and around the world.
Due to the critical role that water and power infrastructure plays in our society and its increasing reliance on connected devices, utilities are an especially appealing target for multiple attack vectors, such as state-level outsider attacks, insider attacks from employees who have or were once granted access to device control, and even off-shore supply chain attacks. The possibilities for destruction are vast – from a disgruntled employee gaining access to a wastewater plant and changing settings that could cause contaminated water, to shutting down power for entire cities. To keep water and energy infrastructure safe, it is crucial that connected devices are protected throughout their entire lifecycle, starting at the production line and through the supply chain, field operation, and remote software updates, until end-of-life.
NanoLock Security developed an innovative security by design solution with a device level flash-to-cloud security protection, monitoring, and management solution, specifically developed for connected devices and IoT applications. The solution creates a hardware (HW) root-of-trust in the flash memory of the device that blocks all unauthorized code modifications, while moving the control from the vulnerable device to a trusted entity in the utility data center. Since typical attacks manipulate the flash memory of the connected device to create persistency that survives reset, the HW root-of-trust protects the device’s firmware and critical code (e.g. configuration, loggers, and boot), thus preventing malicious manipulation.
NanoLock’s solution is processor and operating system agnostic and requires zero processing power or additional energy, making it perfectly suited for smart water and gas meters, which are battery-operated and very sensitive to power consumption.
“We are developing partnerships with companies like NanoLock to enable innovation in the delivery of the world’s water. Essential to that mission is that utilities are protected from nefarious cyber threat and cities are safe from the consequences of attack,” said David Balsar, GM of Mekorot Innovation and Ventures. “NanoLock’s solution to secure IoT devices from within the flash memory is a technical innovation that we believe will help protect Israel’s national water, as well as those utility ecosystem partnerships we have made across the globe.”
“The time is now for decision-makers in the utilities industry to ensure cyber protection with a security by design approach, such as NanoLock’s solution – one that is future-proof and scalable and can protect the world’s critical infrastructure (including brownfield and legacy systems) for the long-term,” said Eran Fine, CEO of NanoLock Security. “As a leading authority on water management, Mekorot has made a commitment to developing an ecosystem that delivers secure utilities, and they are working with us to put a global focus on cyber defense solutions for this market.”
Through partnerships with the world’s leading memory vendors, NanoLock secures seamless hardware root-of-trust that enables system integrators and device makers to ensure unprecedented protection, security, and control.
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About NanoLock Security NanoLock Security provides a Security by Design solution with the industry’s only flash-to-cloud defense for connected edge devices. NanoLock creates a powerful solution that secures the entire chain of connected devices vulnerability—from deeply embedded endpoints in the device, to the cloud, with no additional costs or computing power. Securing a HW-root of trust, NanoLock is disrupting edge device security with hermetic protection, secured firmware updates, and a unique cost structure that shifts security investments from CAPEX to OPEX. NanoLock’s solution provides tremendous savings in cyber spending through robust protection and tight control of the entire connected edge network that is crucial to the success of industries like telecom, smart cities, automotive.
NanoLock’s founding team and senior management are made up of veterans from the cybersecurity domain, representing a wealth of deep knowledge about management and security of next generation edge devices. NanoLock has offices in the US, Israel, and Tokyo. Please visit www.nanolocksecurity.com for more information and follow NanoLock on Twitter and LinkedIn.
About Mekorot Mekorot (full name: Mekorot water company Ltd) is a government company that operates under the authority of the Ministry of Energy and is under the auspices of the Water Authority. The company was established in 1937, and it operates as a water producer and supplier pursuant to the provisions of the Water Law, 5719-1959, and it operates and manages the national water plant.
The company supplies water to the domestic, agriculture and industrial sectors, and to the Kingdom of Jordan and the Palestinian Authority, in accordance with its undertakings in political agreements. Mekorot operates approximately 3000 facilities across Israel in the areas of water supply, water quality, infrastructures, wastewater treatment, desalination and more. Mekorot's water supply system unifies most of the regional water plants, the National Water Carrier and Yarkon-Negev plant, and draws water from the Sea of Galilee, aquifers, boreholes, seawater, desalinated water, and brackish water.
