London, 21st April 2011 - Idappcom today announced that it has released a second update to its malicious traffic library this month due to a marked increase in the number of attacks targeting industrial control systems. This led to a second release update to Idappcom’s traffic library this month which contained 50 attacks alone pertaining to supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems.

 The traffic library is used in connection with Idappcom’s flagship network security assessment technology Traffic IQ Professional, to assess and enhance the capabilities of network based security defences.

 According to Anthony Haywood, CTO for the network security assessment specialists, “The threat landscape is in a continual state of flux but this recent spate of attacks deliberately targeting previously unnoticed industrial systems is extremely concerning and could be an indicator of a new attack trend.”

Haywood continues, “As larger organisations have become more diligent in respect of their security, attackers attentions are being diverted to smaller more vulnerable control systems that present an easier, albeit potentially less lucrative target.”

The Idappcom CTO commented, “Traffic IQ Professional is unique in the fact that it is the only network security assessment and enhancement technology in the market today that enables organisations to immediately test and validate if the SCADA  specific attacks are able to penetrate their networks.’

Supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA), refers to industrial control systems: computer systems that monitor and control industrial, infrastructure, or facility-based processes which are considered highly critical.

 ENDS

About Idappcom

Idappcom Ltd. are a private UK registered company and were founded in 2004. Our Objectives are to provide excellence in the field of IT security and application security and management. Our main product, Traffic IQ, is a vulnerability assessment tool and has wide acceptance with security professionals throughout the world. Clients include major security appliance vendors, independent appliance testers, Military establishments, Telecomms companies and various others across a broad range of industries. 

For more on Idappcom: www.idappcom.com

Press Contact:

Darshna Kamani

44 207 183 2834

This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.