Honeywell upgrades USB protection for ICS environments

Industrial cybersecurity provider Honeywell has doubled down on its protection against USB-based threats towards industrial operators.

The company, which provides a solution called SMX to counteract Universal Serial Bus (USB) threats, has been upgraded to include centralised threat management, multiple form factors, and additional visibility into USB activity on protected end nodes.

USB threats in industrial organisations can be both malicious and increasingly sinister, according to Honeywell Industrial Cybersecurity’s global product marketing manager, Sam Wilson. He adds that Honeywell recognises these threats and developed a way to protect against malicious USB device attacks. Wilson says, “They represent the majority of USB threat types and advanced malware. And as USB usage increases and devices proliferate, human verification of device actions will continue to play an important role.”