Waterfall FLIP | Safe Scheduled Updates to OT Networks

ABOUT WATERFALL FLIP
Many industrial control systems require regular updates of antivirus signatures, batch production orders and other items. Every path for such updates through a firewall though, introduces attack opportunities, since all firewalls are software and all software can be hacked or misconfigured. The Waterfall FLIP is a type of Unidirectional Gateway whose orientation can be reversed, enabling disciplined scheduled updates without the vulnerabilities firewalls always introduce.

THEORY OF OPERATION
The FLIP is a combination of hardware and software. The hardware includes a TX Module, containing a fiber-optic transmitter/laser, and an RX Module, containing an optical receiver, but no laser. A short fiber-optic cable connects the two hardware Modules. The FLIP is therefore able to transmit information in only one direction at a time. While the FLIP hardware transmits information from a source network to a destination network, that hardware is physically incapable of transmitting any information back from the destination network into the source network.

Hardware orientation reversals are triggered by dedicated hardware on a schedule, or by manual activation from the front panel of the FLIP Module. The FLIP software replicates servers and emulates devices. Clients and users on each network access the replicas as if they were the originals, making the FLIP a plug and play replacement for software firewalls. Unlike firewalls, the FLIP is not a router and is incapable of forwarding network traffic or network attacks.

BENEFITS

REAL-TIME MONITORING WITH SAFE UPDATES: Disciplined, scheduled, secure updated
to unidirectionally-protected networks

EXTENSIVE INDUSTRIAL SUPPORT: 100+ Waterfall software connectors for unidirectional
replication of industrial servers and devices

STRONGER THAN FIREWALLS: An evolutionary alternative to firewalls in a strong preventative cybersecurity program for Industrial Control Systems

SERVER REPLICATION FOR SEAMLESS INTEGRATION: IT and industrial clients access replica server and devices normally and interactively

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