Honeywell International Inc.

David Young

Eric D Knapp

Ganesh Patilba Gadhe

Scott J Noone

Peter G Viscarola

Kevin McMurdie

Virgil Mehalek

Doug Swain

Christopher W Barr

Method, apparatus and computer program product for detecting vulnerability in an industrial control system, predicting maintenance in an industrial control system, and defining authorization rules for peripheral devices based on peripheral device categorization are described herein.

Methods and apparatuses for defining authorization rules for peripheral devices based on peripheral device categorization

A method includes detecting a connection attempt from a device, quarantining the device to prevent the device from substantially interacting with a host system, and determining whether the device requires verification while the device is quarantined. The method also includes, in response to determining that the device requires verification, presenting at least one authorization challenge to a user while the device is quarantined. The at least one authorization challenge requests that the user provide at least one specified response. The method further includes, in response to determining that the device requires verification, determining whether the user correctly provided the at least one specified response while the device is quarantined, granting access to the device in response to determining that the user correctly provided the at least one specified response, and continuing to quarantine the device in response to determining that the user did not correctly provide the at least one specified response.

Apparatus and method for preventing unintended or unauthorized peripheral device connectivity by requiring authorized human response

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