Kaspersky Industrial CyberSecurity for Networks

Connecting Kaspersky Industrial CyberSecurity for Networks to an industrial network via data diode

March 22, 2024

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To connect Kaspersky Industrial CyberSecurity for Networks to an industrial network, you can additionally use special devices that provide unidirectional transmission of data from the industrial network. These devices are called data diodes. Data diodes can be installed on the connection links of monitoring points for Kaspersky Industrial CyberSecurity for Networks and on SPAN ports of network switches.

The figure below shows an example of connecting through a data diode to a monitoring point on the Server. In this deployment scenario, the Server is installed without external sensors.

Diagram illustrating the connection of a data diode on the communication channel between the SPAN port of a network switch in an industrial network of an enterprise and a monitoring point on the Application Server. The application receives network traffic only through this data diode.

Example Server connection via data diode

The example in the figure below shows the connection of multiple sensors of Kaspersky Industrial CyberSecurity for Networks via data diodes. In this deployment scenario, the Server is installed with three sensors.

Diagram illustrating the connection of data diodes on each communication channel between SPAN ports of network switches in an industrial network of an enterprise and monitoring points on application sensors. The application receives network traffic only through these data diodes.

Example connection of sensors via data diodes

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