Waterfall Security Solutions Ltd (Waterfall) reported today that it has finalized an operational implementation at Petroleum & Energy Infrastructures Ltd (PEI), a leading oil products and infrastructure company.PEI’s Chief Information Officer commented that “Our networks and facilities are serving the nation’s energy infrastructure. Providing real-time monitoring information out of these networks is an important business and operational need. Waterfall’s Security Gateway, inherently supporting SCADA protocols and industrial applications, enables us to achieve this, without the risk.”

Petroleum & Energy Infrastructures Ltd. is the leading corporation for oil products infrastructures in Israel. Fully owned by the Israeli government, the company provides state-of-the-art fuel oil infrastructure services to the country’s entire energy market. Though serving a national mission, PEI is an economic entity that functions according to market forces and changing conditions in the international arena.

The company’s activities span the full spectrum of infrastructure services, from export and import, to supply, storage and piping of fuel to all parts of Israel, as well as handling crude oil and refined products.

“We are happy to serve PEI’s security and regulatory needs with our unique technology and solutions,” said Lior Frenkel, Co-Founder and CEO of Waterfall Security Solutions. “Security risks for Oil and Gas infrastructures , facilities and pipelines are becoming more prevalent in the form of cyber terror and cyber threats. We see an increasing demand for our top security solutions from this market.”

Waterfall’s patented cyber security solutions enable Utilities and Infrastructures to fulfill their business needs of updating headquarters and other entities with real-time production information from the industrial networks, without exposing these networks to the risks and threats of cyber-attacks, cyber terror and hacking from the external, less secure networks.

About Waterfall Security Solutions:

Waterfall Security Solutions Ltd. is the leading provider of Unidirectional Security Gateways(TM) and data diodes for Control networks, SCADA systems, Remote Monitoring and Segregated Networks. Waterfall’s security solutions assist Utilities and Critical Infrastructures to easily and comfortably achieve compliance with NERC-CIP, NRC, NIST and other regulations as well as cyber-security best practices.

Waterfall’s products have been deployed in many utilities, critical national infrastructures, mission critical environments and homeland security agencies throughout North America, Europe and Israel. Waterfall’s offerings include support to leading industrial applications, such as: OSIsoft PI(TM) Historian, GE Proficy(TM) iHistorian, the Siemens SIMATIC(TM) and the GE OSM(TM) remote monitoring platforms, and leading industrial protocols, such as: OPC, Modbus, DNP3 and ICCP.

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Yahoo Finance, July 12, 2010

Waterfall Security Solutions Ltd, the leading provider of Unidirectional Security Gateways and data diodes, for secure network connectivity for Process Control Networks, SCADA systems, remote monitoring and segregated networks, introduced today Waterfall’s USA based offices and operations.

Waterfall’s patented cyber security solutions enable Utilities and Critical Infrastructures to securely connect their critical industrial networks to external networks, thus securely fulfilling their business needs without exposing these networks to the risks and threats of cyber attacks, cyber terror and hacking from the external, less secure networks.Waterfall’s cyber security solutions assist Utilities and Critical Infrastructures to achieve compliance with NERC-CIP, NRC, CFATS and other regulations and standards, as well as cyber-security policies and best-practices.

“Waterfall’s focus is on the North American Utilities and Critical Infrastructure markets. Our continuing success in these markets, resulting in a large and rapidly expanding customer base, amongst which are the highest and most prestigious of the Utilities and energy companies, accelerated our plans to open the local offices”, said Lior Frenkel, Co-Founder and CEO of Waterfall Security Solutions, “Our customers and prospects will profit from the added benefits from Waterfall’s local presence.We estimate that the process of fully activating the local offices shall be complete by end of 2010.”

Waterfall’s rapidly expanding installed-base was only one factor influencing Waterfall’s decision to make this move now. Recently, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has selected Waterfall’s technology to be an integral part of its national cyber security test-lab at Idaho National Laboratories (INL), Waterfall’s industrial network security patent was granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and many advancements and innovating new technologies were embedded into Waterfall’s products, making them even better, more advanced and technologically superior.

About Waterfall Security Solutions:

Waterfall Security Solutions Ltd. is the leading provider of Unidirectional Security Gateways(TM) and data diodes for Control networks, SCADA systems, Remote Monitoring and Segregated Networks. Waterfall’s security solutions assist Utilities and Critical Infrastructures to easily and comfortably achieve compliance with NERC-CIP, NRC, CFATS and other regulations as well as cyber-security best practices.

Waterfall’s products have been deployed in many utilities, critical national infrastructures, mission critical environments and homeland security agencies throughout North America, Europe and Israel. Waterfall’s offerings include support to leading industrial applications, such as: OSIsoft PI(TM) Historian, GE Proficy(TM) iHistorian, the Siemens SIMATIC(TM) and the GE OSM(TM) remote monitoring platforms, and leading industrial protocols, such as: OPC, Modbus, DNP3 and ICCP.

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Yahoo Finance, July 7, 2010

Waterfall Security Solutions has installed a Remote Screen View system at Israel Natural Gas Lines Ltd.’s operational site in Israel.

The product provides a secure way to send screen captures (video of the display screen from computers or control room) to external networks, if the facility needs remote assistance and/or technical support from vendors.

Israel was among the world’s five most vulnerable countries to cyber warfare against critical systems, McAfee (News – Alert) Inc. said in its Virtual Criminology Report 2009 . The four others were the United States, Russia, China and France.

“There have been increasing reports of cyber attacks and network infiltrations that appear to be linked to nation-states and political goals,” McAfee said. The worries can prompt threatened nations, like Israel, to prepare defensive and offensive cyber weapons. McAfee said that the private sector is at even greater risk.

INGL is the builder and operator of Israel’s gas transmission system.

“IGNL’s production networks are, naturally highly sensitive, given that they manage nationwide pipelines and other critical infrastructures related to natural gas transmission,” said Lior Frenkel, co-founder and CEO of Waterfall Security Solutions.

“In today’s risk and threat environment, it is no longer possible to allow connectivity to external networks or to the Internet using ordinary IT security products and technologies,” he added. “Existing software-based security does not provide adequate protection to enable remote viewing or remote assistance by suppliers or vendors. Modern cyber security risks and the overall reliability requirements have driven both the operators and owners of critical Infrastructures and the relevant regulators to an understanding that IT security does not provide adequate security resilience.”

Gil Kashani, chief information technology officer at INGL, said that for them the Waterfall Remote Screen View system solves both an operational and business problem.

“On the one hand, we do not allow the connection of our operational networks to the Internet,” Kashani said. “On the other hand, vendors and service providers are required to provide us with efficient and rapid service. Some of these vendors are located abroad and thus onsite support is not even an option. Using Waterfall RSV, we can now allow the riskless capability of viewing relevant screens and displays, by remotely located technicians, and support specialists.”

Frenkel says that Cyber terror is a growing concern, especially when dealing with critical Infrastructures. In recent years, Cyber-terror and cyber-vandalism are the new emerging threats of SCADA networks, and Critical National Infrastructures. These threats, powered by global terror and cyber-crime, are here to stay, thus SCADA users should adopt new mind-sets and implement modern methods, technology and solutions to mitigate and eliminate the potential damages, Frenkel said.

Waterfall has been used in power plants, nuclear power plants, pipelines, and refineries – many of which are located in North America.

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Info Tech, May 14, 2010

Waterfall Security Solutions Ltd, the leading provider of Unidirectional Security Gateways for secure network connectivity for Process Control Networks, SCADA systems, remote monitoring and segregated network, announces the successful installation of its innovative “Waterfall for ICCP” solution at Canada’s Energie NB Power.

The Waterfall for ICCP (“Inter-Control Center Communications Protocol”), which provides secure and real-time transfer of ICCP traffic from the plant’s network out to external networks, was implemented in order to facilitate remote monitoring. This facility is to be used by remote locations, the company’s corporate network and also by vendors. To support NB Power’s high operational continuity level, the Waterfall gateways were installed using Waterfall’s inherent and unique High Availability configuration.

In today’s risk and threat environment, it is no longer possible to allow connectivity to external networks or to the Internet using ordinary IT security products and technologies. Existing “software based” security does not provide adequate protection. To be able to allow remote monitoring, by supplies or vendors, better cyber security and higher levels of confidence must be provided. Modern cyber security risks and the overall reliability requirements have driven both the operators and owners of Critical Infrastructures and the relevant regulators to an understanding that IT security does not provide adequate security levels.

“Many Hydro, fossil and other power plants encounter this issue – how to enable vendors to remotely monitor mission critical equipment, yet retain the cyber security level of their industrial networks and comply to NERC’s CIP regulations”, says Lior Frenkel, co-founder and CEO of Waterfall Security Solutions, “Our Unidirectional Security Gateways, supporting the widely used ICCP, enable our customers to protect their critical assets, while keeping business processes intact.”

About Waterfall Security Solutions:

Waterfall Security Solutions Ltd. is the leading provider of Unidirectional Security Gateways and data diodes for Control networks, SCADA systems, Remote Monitoring and Segregated networks. Waterfall’s security solutions assist Utilities and Critical Infrastructures to easily and comfortably achieve compliance with NERC-CIP, NRC, NIST and other regulations as well as cyber-security best practices.

Waterfall’s products have been deployed in many utilities, Critical National Infrastructures, mission critical environments and homeland security agencies throughout North America, Europe and Israel. Waterfall’s offerings include support for leading industrial applications, such as: OSIsoft PI(TM) Historian, GE Proficy(TM) iHistorian, the Siemens SIMATIC(TM) and the GE OSM(TM) remote monitoring platforms, and leading industrial protocols, such as: OPC, Modbus, DNP3 and ICCP.

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PR Newswire, June 3, 2010

Waterfall Security Solutions Ltd, the leading provider of Unidirectional Security Gateways for secure network connectivity for Process Control Networks, SCADA systems, remote monitoring and segregated network, and Israel Natural Gas Lines Ltd (INGL), builder and operator of Israel’s gas transmission system, announces the successful installation of Waterfall(TM) Remote Screen View(TM) (Waterfall RSV) at INGL’s operational site.

The system, which provides a secure and real-time remote view of computer screens and control room displays, was implemented to facilitate vendor remote assistance and service for systems and equipment used by INGL.

IGNL’s production networks are, naturally highly sensitive, given that they manage nationwide pipe-lines and other critical infrastructures related to natural gas transmission. In today’s risk and threat environment, it is no longer possible to allow connectivity to external networks or to the Internet using ordinary IT security products and technologies. Existing software based security does not provide adequate protection to enable remote viewing or remote assistance by supplies or vendors. Modern cyber security risks and the overall reliability requirements have driven both the operators and owners of Critical Infrastructures and the relevant regulators to an understanding that IT security does not provide adequate security resilience.

“The Waterfall Remote Screen View(TM) system solves both an operational and business problem. On the one hand, we do not allow the connection of our operational networks to the Internet, on the other hand, vendors and service provides are required to provide us with efficient and rapid service. Some of these vendors are located abroad and thus on-site support is not even an option. Using Waterfall RSV, we can now allow the riskless capability of viewing relevant screens and displays, by remotely located technicians, and support specialists”, says Gil Kashani, Chief Information Technology Officer at INGL, “now we can enjoy a faster and better service, without exposing our networks and infrastructure to cyber risks from external sources”.

Lior Frenkel, co-founder and CEO of Waterfall Security Solutions, “Utilities and Critical Infrastructures, share the same concern: They need to stream information, in high volume and in real-time, out of the industrial and production network. Yet, the risks of doing this are too high. Our technology, which solves this problem, is being deployed and implemented in many critical infrastructures and utilities”.

About Waterfall Security Solutions:

Waterfall Security Solutions Ltd. is the leading provider of Unidirectional Security Gateways and data diodes for Control networks, SCADA systems, Remote Monitoring and Segregated Networks. Waterfall’s security solutions assist Utilities and Critical Infrastructures to easily and comfortably achieve compliance with NERC-CIP, NRC, NIST and other regulations as well as cyber-security best practices.

Waterfall’s products have been deployed in many utilities, critical national infrastructures, mission critical environments and homeland security agencies throughout North America, Europe and Israel. Waterfall’s offerings include support to leading industrial applications, such as: OSIsoft PI(TM) Historian, GE Proficy(TM) iHistorian, the Siemens SIMATIC(TM) and the GE OSM(TM) remote monitoring platforms, and leading industrial protocols, such as: OPC, Modbus, DNP3 and ICCP.

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Yahoo Finance, May 12, 2010

Waterfall’s Unidirectional Security Gateways were selected to be an integral part of DHS’s Control Systems Security Program new cyber security test-bed. This test-bed, located and operated by the Idaho National Labs (INL), is an environment where control and monitoring systems, including Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems, energy management systems, process control systems (PCS), distributed control systems, and third party security components are evaluated for cyber security vulnerabilities.

The Control Systems Security Program (CSSP) of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is tasked with the responsibility of reducing vulnerabilities in Industrial Control Systems that support and manage the United States critical infrastructures.

Control systems underlie a significant part of the nation’s critical infrastructure and are vulnerable to cyber and physical attacks by adversaries that could result in loss of life, severe economic impact, or both.

Waterfall’s technology, accompanied with its multitude of available Waterfall Connectors, provides out-of-the-box integration and support for the majority of industrial applications, historian systems, and SCADA protocols. “Waterfall’s technology is the natural selection for DHS’s test-bed environment. Waterfall bestows its unparalleled security to many of the applications and systems used today by the nation’s critical infrastructure. Our continuous R&D efforts ensure that future industrial and control systems and applications introduced to the market by the various vendors, will be supported by Waterfall as well, and this will be available for DHS’s test-bed continuous activities”, said Lior Frenkel, Co-Founder and CEO of Waterfall Security Solutions.

About Waterfall Security Solutions:

Waterfall Security Solutions Ltd. is the leading provider of Unidirectional Security Gateways and data diodes for Control networks, SCADA systems, Remote Monitoring and Segregated Networks. Waterfall’s security solutions assist Utilities and Critical Infrastructures to easily and comfortably achieve compliance with NERC-CIP, NRC, NIST and other regulations as well as cyber-security best practices. Waterfall’s products have been deployed in many utilities, critical national infrastructures, mission critical environments and homeland security agencies throughout North America, Europe and Israel. Waterfall’s offerings include support to leading industrial applications, such as: OSIsoft PI™ Historian, GE Proficy™ iHistorian, the Siemens SIMATIC™ and the GE OSM™ remote monitoring platforms, and leading industrial protocols, such as: OPC, Modbus, DNP3 and ICCP.

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Yahoo Finance, April 1, 2010

SCADA, or Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition, is used, among other things, to monitor and control the U.S. critical infrastructure assets and facilities; Waterfall receives a patent for unidirectional security gateways to be used in SCADA

Waterfall Security Solutions Ltd., a provider of unidirectional security gateways for SCADA systems, announced that on 19 January it has been granted U.S. patent No. 7,649,452 for its SCADA industrial network security technology.

SCADA, or Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition, is an industrial control system which is used for monitoring and controlling industrial process. It is used, among other things, to monitor and control the U.S. critical infrastructure assets and facilities. According to Waterfall Security Solutions, its products have been deployed in many critical U.S. infrastructures, homeland security agencies, and mission-critical environments in different continents.

TMCnet.com’s Jayashree Adkoli writes that the company’s unidirectional security gateways include integration with customer’s existing infrastructure, such as SCADA and industrial applications and protocols.

The patent, entitled “Protection of control networks using a one-way link,” strengthens the company’s intellectual property portfolio of technology and solutions for the critical infrastructure and utilities’ markets. “We are expanding our installed-base in North America and are providing more power plants, substations, pipelines, and other critical industrial networks, the ability to securely connect to external networks.” Lior Frenkel, cofounder and CEO of Waterfall Security Solutions, said. “This patent, combined with other filed patents and intellectual property, allows us to provide our customers with the ultimate security solution.”

The company’s One-Way SCADA protocol is utilized as a unidirectional gateway that facilitates extraction and export of messages, data, and information from within industrial networks to external networks. This allows reuse of HMI displays and reporting services, within external or public networks, without the risk to command and control, Waterfall said.

The company offers security solutions for many industrial applications such as the OSIsoft PI Historian, GE Proficy Historian, the Siemens (News-Alert) WinTS, and the GE OSM remote monitoring platforms.

The company says that its cybersecurity solutions allow utilities and critical infrastructures easily to attain compliance with regulations such as NERC-CIP, NRC, NIST, and more.

Waterfall counts among its customers power generation plants, oil and gas companies, T&D’s, refineries, and other utilities and industrial facilities.

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Homeland Security Newswire, February 8, 2010

TEL AVIV, Israel, December 3/PRNewswire/ — Waterfall Security Solutions Ltd., the leading provider of Unidirectional Security Gateways for Process Control systems, SCADA systems, Remote Monitoring and Segregated Networks, announced today another successful implementation of multiple Waterfall systems at a North American nuclear power plant.

Waterfall’s patent pending security solutions assist Utilities and Critical Infrastructures to easily and comfortably achieve compliance with NERC-CIP, NRC, NIST and other regulations as well as cyber-security policies.

The installation, of which customer remains undisclosed, of the Waterfall systems was undertaken in order to provide secure and real-time transmission of plant information from the plant’s most critical network to an external network for operational monitoring purposes.

“We are continuing to invest major efforts in providing unique security for the critical national infrastructures. These environments are high-profile targets for cyber attacks and cyber-terror. This new installation broadens Waterfall’s Nuclear Power Plants installed-base in North America. The customer, one of the largest commercial power producers in North America, is also a highly-regarded and technologically-oriented nuclear facility”, said Lior Frenkel, Co-Founder and CEO of Waterfall Security Solutions.

About Waterfall Security Solutions:

Waterfall Security Solutions Ltd. is the leading provider of Unidirectional Security Gateways for Process Control systems, SCADA systems, Remote Monitoring and Segregated Networks. Waterfall’s products have been deployed in many critical national infrastructures, mission critical organizations and homeland security agencies in North America, Europe and Israel, and include security solutions for leading industrial applications (such as the OSIsoft PI(TM) Historian, GE Proficy(TM) Historian, the Siemens WinTS(TM) and the GE OSM(TM) remote monitoring platforms) and leading industrial protocols (such as OPC, Modbus, DNP3 and ICCP).

The company is expanding globally through channels, OEM, and technology partnerships.

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December 4, 2009

 TEL AVIV, Israel, October 8 /PRNewswire/ — Waterfall Security Solutions Ltd., the leading provider of Unidirectional Security Gateways™ for Process Control systems, SCADA systems, Remote Monitoring and Segregated Networks announced today the release of a new product named Waterfall Remote Screen View.

The product, based on Waterfall’s unique hardware and software technology, provides Real-time unidirectional replication of workstation or server display screens, to external networks or locations.

Waterfall Remote Screen View enables Utilities and Critical Infrastructures to securely relay Control Room screens and SCADA display systems, in real-time, to external networks, business networks and 3rd parties.

Waterfall Remote Screen View adds a new dimension to remote assistance and maintenance in industrial or critical networks – being able, for the first time, to securely provide workstations or servers display screens to remote technicians, vendor specialists and other experts, at external networks and in remote locations and at the same time ensure a physical segregation between the critical network and all other networks

Waterfall Remote Screen View supports all regulatory compliant requirements, such as NERC, NRC and NIST, by maintaining the total segregation of critical networks, yet enhancing overall system stability and availability by enhancing remote assistance and maintenance capabilities.

“NERC, NRC and other relevant regulators urge users to keep their critical assets totally segregated from external networks, to protect against cyber terror and cyber attacks”, said Lior Frenkel, Co-Founder and CEO of Waterfall Security Solutions, “with Waterfall’s field proven technology, it is now possible to maintain regulatory compliance and network security, while benefiting from remote assistance and maintenance services by making available control room displays to remote sites.”

About Waterfall Security Solutions:

Waterfall Security Solutions Ltd. is the leading provider of Unidirectional Security Gateways™ for Process Control systems, SCADA systems, Remote Monitoring and Segregated Networks. Waterfall’s products have been deployed in many homeland security agencies, critical national infrastructures and mission critical organizations in North America, Europe and Israel, and include security solutions for the OSIsoft PI™ Historian, GE Proficy™ Historian, OPC, Modbus, DNP3 and additional applications and protocols.

The Company is expanding globally through channels, OEM, and technology partnerships.

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Source: Waterfall Security Solutions Ltd.

On 8:00 am EDT, Thursday October 8, 2009

 TEL-AVIV, Israel, June 24 /PRNewswire/ — Waterfall Security Solutions® Ltd., the leading provider of secure unidirectional connectivity for Process Control Systems, Industrial Networks, SCADA systems, Remote Monitoring and Segregated Networks announced today a new partnership agreement with OSIsoft®, the global leader in software infrastructure for real-time information and performance management. The agreement follows successful installations of the Waterfall SCADA Monitoring Enabler for OSIsoft PI(TM) at several major utilities worldwide.

Waterfall’s patent pending solutions enable effective, hardware-enforced network segregation (“air gapping”) and provide top-level and impenetrable security for operational and critical industrial networks. Waterfall’s SCADA Monitoring Enabler (WF-SME(TM)) for OSIsoft PI is a high performance solution for replicating, in real-time and with high-throughput, PI information, from within secure SCADA networks and industrial control environments, to a replica PI server residing on corporate, public or 3rd party networks. This makes the PI data fully available to external users, without exposing the critical and industrial networks, in any way, to external hacking and cyber-terror threats. The WF-SME for OSIsoft PI has already been successfully deployed at critical utilities in North America, Europe and Israel. The WF-SME is a powerful and robust solution for achieving NERC-CIP, CFATS and other compliance and cyber-security regulations.

“Waterfall Security Solutions Ltd. is proud to become an official OSIsoft partner” said Lior Frenkel, Co-Founder and CEO of Waterfall Security Solutions, “The PI platform is the world leading brand name in real-time information management for utilities and critical infrastructures. Our solutions, providing secure connectivity for critical industrial networks, provide PI users with cyber security protection which is required by almost all regulations and state-of-the-art security practices. ”

About Waterfall Security Solutions:

Waterfall Security Solutions Ltd. is the leading provider of secure unidirectional connectivity for Process Control systems, Industrial Networks, SCADA systems, Remote Monitoring and Segregated Networks. Waterfall’s products have been deployed in many critical national infrastructures, homeland security agencies and mission critical organizations in North America, Europe and Israel, and include security solutions for leading industrial applications such as Historian systems and Remote Monitoring as well as leading industrial protocols such as OPC, Modbus, DNP3 and ICCP.

About OSIsoft Corporation:

OSIsoft delivers the PI System, the industry standard in enterprise infrastructure, for management of time series data and events. A global customer base of more than 14,000 installations across manufacturing, energy, utilities, life sciences, data centers and process industries relies upon the OSIsoft PI System to safeguard data and deliver enterprise-wide visibility into operational and business data to manage assets, mitigate risks, improve processes, drive innovation, make business decisions in real time, as well as identify competitive business and market opportunities.

Founded in 1980, OSIsoft, Inc. is headquartered in San Leandro, Calif., with operations worldwide and is privately held. Learn more about OSIsoft and the PI System at http://www.osisoft.com. OSIsoft® is a registered trademark and PI System(TM) is a trademark of OSIsoft, Inc.

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Press Release

Source: Waterfall Solutions Ltd

On Wednesday June 24, 2009, 8:00 am EDT