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only authorised users have the necessary permissions to interact with specific systems, following the principle of least access.


FlexEdge’s Role: FlexEdge provides secure login, role-based access control, and remote authentication (RADIUS). It enables administrators to define user roles and access levels, helping enforce granular policies.


Key Features: Customisable password policies, role-based permissions, integration with IT authentication protocols. Benefit: Limits access to authorised functions, reducing the risk of unauthorised access.


Data Flow Controls


Overview: Data flow controls manage the transmission of information within and between network segments, reducing unauthorised access, data leakage, and compromise.


FlexEdge’s Role: Crimson 3.2 empowers administrators to use VLANs and firewalls for segmenting network traffic and controlling data flow. This ensures that sensitive data remains within designated zones and is transmitted securely.


Key Features: VLAN support, integrated firewall, configurable traffic rules. Benefit: Protects the network from unauthorised data flow, limiting exposure to threats and maintaining data integrity. Data Integrity Controls


Overview: Data integrity controls protect data from unauthorised alterations or corruption during transmission, ensuring its trustworthiness.


FlexEdge’s Role: FlexEdge supports encryption (e.g., SSL/TLS) and VPN configurations to secure data communication. The platform also offers data integrity checks and whitelisting to prevent tampering.


Key Features: Built-in SSL/TLS support, VPN ABOUT RED LION Red Lion is focused on being THE Industrial Data Company™.


We empower industrial organisations around the world to unlock the value of data by developing and manufacturing innovative products and solutions to access, connect and visualise their information. Red Lion’s global manufacturing and support facilities serve customers in factory automation,alternative energy, oil and gas, power and utilities, transportation, water and wastewater industry segments.


We provide scalable solutions for cloud connectivity, edge intelligence and asset management, industrial Ethernet switches and industry leading panel meters and operator panels, to make it easy for companies to gain real-time data visibility that drives productivity. Red Lion Controls is an HMS group member.


capabilities, data whitelisting. Benefit: Ensures data remains confidential and unaltered, safeguarding against tampering and unauthorised disclosure.


Policy/Procedure Enforcement Overview: Enforcing IT policies and procedures, like password expiration and access restrictions, helps maintain a consistent cybersecurity framework across the network.


FlexEdge’s Role: Crimson 3.2 enables the implementation of IT policies, including password policies and access control. It supports syslog for centralised audit logging, allowing for policy compliance monitoring.


Key Features: Password policy settings, user-defined access rules, syslog for audit trails.


Benefit: Facilitates consistent security


practices and aids compliance with cybersecurity standards. System Hardening


Overview: System hardening involves reducing the attack surface by disabling unnecessary services, closing unused ports, and applying security patches. FlexEdge’s Role: FlexEdge allows administrators to disable unused ports and services through Crimson 3.2. This flexibility reduces the system’s vulnerability to potential threats.


Key Features: Customisable security settings, port management, support for regular updates.


Benefit: Minimises vulnerabilities, enhancing the network’s overall security posture.


By addressing these counter measures, Red Lion’s FlexEdge, powered by Crimson 3.2, supports a comprehensive, layered defence strategy aligned with ISA/IEC 62443. This empowers organisations to protect their industrial assets and maintain the integrity and confidentiality of their operations.


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