Phosphorus Cybersecurity Inc., the leading provider of unified,
prevention-based security management for the
xTended Internet of Things
(
xIoT), today announced it is launching the
“15-30-60 xIoT Challenge” at the upcoming RSA
Conference. The new initiative is designed to set a new industry
rule and framework for proactive
xIoT security
management and threat prevention, significantly reducing risk in
the rapidly expanding and vulnerable Cyber-Physical System (CPS)
landscape.
With IoT and OT devices now comprising up to 30% of an
enterprise's attack surface, the 15-30-60 xIoT
Challenge demonstrates a necessary shift in safely and efficiently
FINDING, FIXING, and MONITORING vulnerable IoT, OT, IIoT, and IOMT
Cyber-Physical Systems.
The 15-30-60 Rule for Preventing xIoT Threats
Faster:
- 15 minutes to Discover & Assess all xIoT
assets
- 30 minutes to begin Password and Device
Hardening
- 60 minutes to begin Remediation &
Patching
“The 15-30-60 xIoT Challenge not only
establishes a new industry benchmark but highlights a fundamental
shift from the current state of passive, detection-based tools to a
proactive, prevention-based solution that fundamentally reduces
risk across the entire xIoT attack surface,” said
John Vecchi, Chief Marketing Officer of Phosphorus. “This rule is
more than a framework – it’s a challenge for every organization to
see for themselves why many of the largest global brands are
deploying Phosphorus’ groundbreaking platform to do what they never
thought was possible: safely find and assess every IoT, OT, and
IoMT Cyber-Physical System, harden them against default credentials
and insecure configurations, remediate for unpatched firmware and
critical vulnerabilities, and continuously monitor and manage for
environmental drift, misconfigurations, and risk-based alerts — all
without hardware, agents, or hassles.”
Phosphorus’ software-based and agentless Unified
xIoT Security Management Platform is the
industry’s only proactive CPS Protection Platform covering the
entire security and management lifecycle for xIoT.
Through its unique ability to directly communicate with over one
million device models in their native languages, the platform
enables organizations to safely discover, harden, remediate, and
manage every IoT, OT, IIoT, and IoMT device — including the most
sensitive mission-critical and life-critical assets.
“Every Device Counts”
In an evolving cyber threat landscape, a single unmanaged device
can open the door to a broader network attack like ransomware.
However, 80% of organizations still can’t identify the majority of
their IoT and OT assets — leaving tens of thousands to millions of
devices vulnerable at any large organization.
Phosphorus’ “Every Device Counts” strategy emphasizes a holistic
security approach that leaves no CPS device unknown, unmonitored,
and unmanaged. This philosophy is central to preventing the
vulnerabilities that arise from the “Unknown, Unmanaged,
Unmonitored” status of many IoT, OT, and IoMT devices across
industries.
The 15-30-60 Framework for Proactive xIoT Security
Management
Phosphorus' initiative advocates for a crucial shift in the way
enterprises manage the security of their increasingly
interconnected device environments. It emphasizes the need for
organizations to adopt a proactive security stance, addressing CPS
vulnerabilities before they can be exploited.
The 15-30-60 xIoT Challenge establishes a new
framework for fundamentally reducing risk by concentrating on
essential priorities: complete and safe xIoT
discovery, high-fidelity risk assessment, proactive password and
device hardening, and automated patching and remediation.
15 Minutes to Discover: Phosphorus' Unified
xIoT Security Management Platform can be up and
running in minutes, enabling our patented and deterministic
Intelligent Active Discovery engine to find, identify, and assess
all of your xIoT devices in as fast as 15 minutes
– without infrastructure or agents. Legacy passive and active
discovery tools can take days to weeks, with incomplete and
inaccurate results combined with disrupted or degraded
operations.
30 Minutes to Harden: Phosphorus finds that
most organizations fail to change, manage, and harden device
configurations and passwords since doing so at scale — and across
all types of IoT, OT, and IoMT Cyber-Physical Systems — is simply
not possible with legacy tools. With Phosphorus, you can be
hardening device configurations and changing default passwords at
scale, and in as little as 30 minutes, after deploying our
software-based platform. It takes on average 60 hours to manually
change and update passwords and configurations on even a single
type of xIoT device. And this doesn’t include the
regular rotation of passwords, according to industry best
practices.
60 Minutes to Remediate: As IoT and OT
vulnerabilities continue to increase, remediation and patching of
Cyber-Physical Systems grow more complex. The average firmware
across devices is 7 years old, and 68% have high-risk to critical
CVEs, complicating effective management. Legacy tools often lack
the capability and visibility needed for safe, automated updates,
turning manual remediation into a labor-intensive process that can
exceed 100 hours for each type of device. With Phosphorus’
automated CPS Protection Platform, you can safely and efficiently
patch and remediate even the most sensitive, mission-critical
xIoT devices in as little as 60 minutes – with
full control.
Take the 15-30-60 Challenge
LEARN how your organization can take the Phosphorus 15-30-60
Challenge for xIoT threat prevention and begin
proactively reducing your risk today. Or, SCHEDULE your free,
half-day 15-30-60 xIoT Challenge Workshop to learn
how you can find, fix, monitor, and manage your entire
xIoT attack surface safely and efficiently.
Join us at RSAC for live demonstrations of the 15-30-60
xIoT Challenge with Phosphorus’ one-of-a-kind
Mobile xIoT Security Lab. Learn more about the
challenge and how it can transform your company’s
xIoT security practices by visiting
https://phosphorus.io/15-30-60-xiot-challenge/.
ABOUT PHOSPHORUS
Phosphorus Cybersecurity® is the
leading CPS Protection Platform delivering a proactive approach to
security management for the expanding IoT, OT, IIoT, and IoMT
attack surface. Designed to find and secure the rapidly growing,
unknown, and often unmonitored world of Cyber-Physical Systems
across the xTended Internet of Things landscape,
our Unified xIoT Security Management Platform
provides unmatched security management across every industry
vertical—delivering high-fidelity discovery and risk assessment,
proactive hardening and remediation, and continuous monitoring and
management. With patented xIoT Intelligent Active
Discovery and risk assessment, Phosphorus automates the mitigation
and remediation of the most significant IoT, OT, IIoT, and IoMT
device vulnerabilities – including unknown and inaccurate asset
inventory, default credentials, out-of-date and vulnerable
firmware, risky configurations, banned and end-of-life devices, and
expired or self-signed certificates. Follow Phosphorus on LinkedIn,
Twitter, Threads, and YouTube, and learn more at
www.phosphorus.io
Media Contact:
Michael Sias
Firm 19
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