Nozomi Networks and Sophos Unite IT and OT Security Operations through New Sophos Fusion Integration
Nozomi Networks, the leader in operational
technology (OT), Internet of Things (IoT) and cyber physical systems (CPS)
security and Sophos, a global cybersecurity leader, today announced a
partnership to integrate Nozomi Networks Vantage, Nozomi's cloud-native,
AI-enabled OT security platform, with Sophos Fusion, Sophos' AI-native
cybersecurity defense system to enhance visibility and threat detection between
IT and OT environments.
The announcement represents one of the first major
third-party technology integrations following the launch of Sophos Fusion,
demonstrating Sophos' commitment to an open ecosystem that brings best-of-breed
security technologies into a unified defense system.
Critical infrastructure is facing an aggressive
threat landscape as both nation states and cybercriminals increasingly target
OT and industrial environments, and many OT outages begin with a compromise of
the IT environment. As organisations connect more industrial assets and adopt
remote management capabilities, complete visibility across both IT and OT
environments becomes increasingly important.
“The intersection of IT and OT environments has long
been misunderstood by the cybersecurity industry, leading to inefficiencies and
potential danger for critical infrastructure,” said Matt Cowell, Vice President
of Strategic Alliances at Nozomi Networks. “This partnership helps solve these
problems by seamlessly integrating OT intelligence into IT security
investigations so teams have the full picture when assessing their increasingly
expanding attack surface.”
This integration brings Nozomi's OT telemetry, asset
intelligence, and threat data directly into Sophos Fusion, where it can be
correlated with security data from across the customer's IT environment without
needing to switch contexts, putting OT intelligence directly where
investigations happen to help security teams work faster and make better
decisions.
Key
benefits of the partnership include:
Security data correlation across OT, endpoint,
network, cloud, and identity sources
Improved investigation quality through richer
context and correlation
Greater SOC efficiency through fewer manual
processes and less console switching
Automated enrichment and response through Security
Orchestration, Automation, and Response (SOAR) workflows
“Defenders need every resource they can to combat
sophisticated threat actors. This partnership helps security teams easily
assess OT and IT vulnerabilities in one place, allowing them to take action
much faster,” said Chris Bell, SVP of Global Channel and Alliances at Sophos.
“Following the launch of Sophos Fusion, this is a testament to our commitment
to bring best-of-breed security technologies into a single defence system for
superior threat detection, investigation, and response.”
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