Partner POV | Armis Advances with Pre-Attack Threat Detection and Vulnerability Remediation

This article was written and contributed by our partner, Armis.

Armis acknowledges the critical intersection of an expanding attack surface with emerging operational technology cybersecurity challenges. In response, we have doubled down on our ambitious roadmap with two milestone acquisitions. Through experience in over 40 OT sub-industries globally we have identified that a holistic, lifecycle approach is essential for effective cybersecurity management.

In recent years, every major OT attack has without exception originated from the IT side of the house – a result of lateral movement. The risk of lateral creep is not confined to traditional heavy industries; it affects all digital environments that leverage OT assets. OT systems are pervasive and do not reside in isolated silos waiting to be managed by point solutions. Armis understands this. Unlike traditional point products that tackle specific issues, Armis promotes a holistic strategy encompassing the entire cybersecurity lifecycle.

A Focus on Strategic Acquisition

Through groundbreaking innovation and strategic M&A, we empower our customers to manage the entire cybersecurity lifecycle for OT, IT, IoT, and IoMT. Enhancing our OT offering, Armis has acquired CTCI, known for its AI-driven threat-hunting technology, and Silk Security, specializing in cyber risk prioritization and remediation. These acquisitions create the world's most advanced early warning cyber intelligence system and provide a unified view for managing and automating remediation processes, setting new benchmarks in cybersecurity innovation and leadership.

A Platform Designed to Handle OT Complexity

The Armis Centrix™ Platform embodies this idea, empowering customers to customize the solution to their own unique OT requirements. From proactive threat management and deep asset visibility to risk and vulnerability management, only Armis can address the breadth of challenges faced by complex OT environments in 2024. This flexibility ensures that organizations can seamlessly integrate Armis into their existing infrastructure, creating a tailored solution that delivers true value.

Armis is continuing to define excellence in OT cybersecurity with Armis Centrix™ for Actionable Threat Intelligence, Armis Centrix™ for OT/IoT Security and Armis Centrix™ for Vulnerability Prioritization and Remediation:

• Armis Centrix™ for Actionable Threat Intelligence provides OT organizations with a game changing head start. The ATI early warning system leveraging AI Intelligence to stop attacks before they impact your organization.
• Armis Centrix™ for OT/IoT Security redefines how the industry should fortify cyber defenses. The solution seamlessly discovers, classifies, and profiles all connected assets within converged OT networks, including remote and wired purchases across the IT, OT, and IoT ecosystem.
• Armis Centrix™ for Vulnerability Prioritization and Remediation goes beyond scanning for vulnerabilities; instead, it can track and guide security teams through the entire vulnerability and threat detection, mitigation, and remediation process through an orchestrated workflow inherent to the platform.

Our Commitment to Providing Value to Customers

At Armis we measure our success not only in financial growth and rapid innovation, but in the positive and tangible impact that the company is having on our customers in all industries, including manufacturing, healthcare, transportation, retail, energy & utilities, finance, education, and the public sector.

• Empower organizations with unparalleled asset intelligence from unmanaged devices to industrial control systems, Armis illuminates the entire OT attack surface, leaving no blind spots for attackers to exploit.
• Proactively manage cyber risks Armis goes beyond detection, prioritizing vulnerabilities, and providing actionable insights to organizations to enable them to mitigate threats.
• Strengthen operational resilience By securing critical infrastructure, Armis ensures business continuity, protecting productivity, and safeguarding sensitive data of our customers

In 2024, we received Frost & Sullivan's Customer Value Leadership Award in its Global OT Cybersecurity Solutions report. The accolade highlighted our Armis Centrix™ for OT/IoT and Armis Centrix™ for Vulnerability Prioritization and Remediation, noting how these solutions help customers achieve cyber resiliency. Our proactive cybersecurity approach, comprehensive asset visibility, and adaptability to IT/OT convergence underscore our industry leadership. By aligning strategically with digitization trends, particularly cloud transitions, Armis is positioned as a key partner for organizations facing evolving cybersecurity challenges.

The Future of OT Security

Armis believes in providing solutions that thrive in converged environments, tackle multiple cybersecurity challenges, and offer genuine preventative threat insights. OT Security does not operate in silos, which is why a comprehensive solution is needed. Armis adopts a holistic approach, delving deeply into OT at a granular level to understand the entire attack surface and intelligently reduce risk where it matters to prevent threats, achieve complete security, and assure operational continuity. Committed to the evolving demands of our OT customers, Armis is at the forefront of providing these environments with the end-to-end platform they need, not the point solution of yesterday.