Honeywell, which has incorporated Tofino technology into three products for the Honeywell Experion Process Knowledge System (PKS) control system

Hirschmann/Belden , to manufacture, sell and support the Eagle Tofino Series of industrial network security products for the manufacturing, automation, marine and process control industries

Invensys, which uses Tofino technology in its Triconex Tofino Firewall for OPC to protect Triconex safety systems

MTL Instruments, to manufacture, sell and support Tofino products worldwide

Jan

• Industry veteran Frank Williams joins the Tofino Security team with responsibilities for strategy, platforms and sales channels.  His addition is part of a company initiative to ramp up development and sales as part of the Belden organization.

Sept

• Byres Security is Acquired by Belden Inc., a global leader in signal transmission solutions for mission critical applications. Belden Inc. acquired BSI to enhance its ability to protect industrial automation systems from cyber attack.

Jan

• The Triconex / Tofino OPC Firewall is honored with Breakthrough Product Award for 2010 from Processing Magazine.

• Honeywell releases its third product based on Tofino technology, the Honeywell Mobus Read-only Firewall.

Oct

• Stuxnet Central is created to provide a hub for the information that Byres Security has created regarding Stuxnet, along with links to key industry material.

Sept

• Release of the new Tofino OPC Enforcer LSM from Byres Security Inc. This LSM protects systems that use the OPC Classic communications protocol, the world’s most widely used industrial integration protocol, against network attacks and accidents.

Aug

• The Practical SCADA Security blog is started as a result of the detection of the game-changing Stuxnet malware.  Its goal is to provide SCADA and Automation professionals with clear, simple guidance on making their systems as secure as possible.

 May

• Frost & Sullivan Names Byres Security the 2010 World Award Winner for Industrial Network Security Solutions. The honor marks recognition for the Tofino™ Industrial Security Solution and for the company’s focus on enhancing the value its customers receive.

 April

• Release of the new Triconex Tofino Firewall from Invensys Operations Management. This firewall protects Triconex safety systems that use the OPC Classic communications protocol, the world’s most widely used industrial integration protocol, against network attacks and accidents.

 Jan

• Release of the new Tofino Argon Product Series from Byres Security Inc. for flexible, functional industrial network security.

Nov

• Belden releases Hirschmann Eagle Tofino Plug-n-Protect product line based on Tofino technology.

• Release of Tofino Event Logger module for reliable logging of SCADA security events and alarms.

Oct

• Tofino architect and Byres Security Chief Technology officer Eric Byres awarded rare ISA honour.

Sept

• Byres Security demonstrates advanced IF-MAP technology with Juniper Networks.

Aug

• Honeywell releases second product that is based on Tofino technology, the OneWireless Firewall. 

• Belden announces that it is working with Byres Security to develop rugged industrial security products.

May

• Release of the Tofino VPN modules for secure remote SCADA communication.

March

• Boeing and the Trusted Computing Group demonstrate the Tofino Industrial Security Solution.

• Another Byres company, Byres Research, Inc. merges with exida, to form the world’s first company offering functional safety and security certification and consultation.

Oct

• Release of the Tofino Modbus TCP Enforcer Loadable Security Module for regulating Modbus network to a level of detail that has never before been possible.

April

• Release of the Tofino Secure Asset Management Loadable Security Module for identifying network devices and creating firewall rules.

• Honeywell ships the Honeywell Modbus TCP Firewall based on Tofino Technology.

• Yokogawa selects Tofino as its first approved industrial firewall.

Jan

• The Tofino Industrial Security Solution is released to the market.

Oct

• The Tofino Industrial Security Solution is released to the market for beta trials.

• MTL and Byres Security Inc. announced a cooperative agreement to develop, manufacture and distribute a revolutionary new product for securing both new and legacy SCADA and process control systems.

• Byres Security is incorporated, with the goal of providing practical and effective industrial network security solutions to the process control industries.

• Eric Byres and Joann Byres found the Control System Security Certification Organization (CSSCO). They co-author three whitepapers on standards and compliance in security which later becomes the foundation of the ISA Security Compliance Institute in 2007.

• Eric Byres founds the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) Critical Infrastructure Security Centre and shapes it into one of North America’s leading academic facilities in the field of SCADA cyber security.