Railinc, LGS Innovations complete cybersecurity risk assessment

LGS Innovations recently announced it has successfully completed a comprehensive cybersecurity risk assessment contract with Railinc Corp., the railroad industry's “most innovative and reliable resource for IT and information services.” Under the terms of this contract, LGS Innovations conducted a thorough analysis of Railinc’s IT internal and external cybersecurity operations and processes and provided Railinc with a comprehensive assessment of its findings. This project enabled Railinc to validate its cybersecurity framework that governs its business and customer relationships.

The assessment results will provide Railinc core cybersecurity elements for its strategic product and governance roadmap.

“LGS quickly integrated best practices from past government and commercial experiences into a framework for this critical infrastructure supplier,” said Ed Eldridge, Vice President of Network Integration Services for LGS Innovations. “We greatly value the opportunity to support Railinc’s mission of creating value for the rail system.”

LGS Innovations “has a proven history of detailed cybersecurity work for the Department of Defense and the Intelligence communities,” the company says. “LGS Innovations drew upon its proven expertise in cybersecurity threat management, architecture baseline, and cybersecurity governance in this Railinc project.”