Siemens bags CLP contract for cyber security

NEW DELHI: Siemens Ltd on Thursday said it has bagegd a contract from CLP India Pvt Lt to implement a cyber security solution for power plant automation at the latter's Paguthan power plant in Gujarat.

The cyber security solution being implemented by Siemens Limited will support CLP India by detecting threats and minimising the risk of advanced cyber attacks. The solution detects, analyzes and raises alarms of the threats that move laterally from Information Technology (IT) to Operational Technology (OT) networks, an official statement said.

The solution also includes dedicated endpoint protection to prohibit execution of malicious applications, it said.

Prashant Jain, head, power generation services, Siemens Ltd, said, “Digitalisation, of which cyber security is a key component, will have a huge role to play in India’s demand for reliable, efficient and clean power growing by increasing amount of urbanisation and industrialisation. We look forward to collaborating with our customers in their digitalisation endeavors,” he said.