Dragos Inc., the global leader in cybersecurity for operational technology (OT) environments, announced a strategic global partnership with Yokogawa Electric Corporation, a leading provider of industrial automation and instrumentation solutions for process and manufacturing industries.
This collaboration addresses the growing need for seamless visibility and security integration across Information Technology (IT) and OT networks as industrial organizations embrace digital transformation.
“This partnership with Yokogawa marks a significant milestone in our mission to secure industrial environments worldwide,” said Robert M. Lee, CEO and Co-founder of Dragos. “By combining Dragos’s industry-leading OT cybersecurity Platform with Yokogawa’s extensive expertise in industrial automation, we’re providing organizations with unparalleled visibility and protection for their critical infrastructure. This collaboration enables us to deliver comprehensive OT-native network visibility and monitoring, ensuring that our joint customers can confidently navigate their digital transformation journey while maintaining the highest levels of operational safety and reliability.”
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Comprehensive Cybersecurity for Industrial Environments
The Dragos OT Cybersecurity Platform focuses on mitigating cyber risks specific to industrial environments. It offers comprehensive asset visibility, threat detection, and incident response capabilities tailored for OT systems.
Through this partnership, customers using both the Dragos Platform and Yokogawa’s CENTUM VP distributed control system (DCS) will experience several key benefits, including:
- Validated Integration: The Dragos Platform has been thoroughly validated within Yokogawa’s CENTUM VP DCS environment.
- Enhanced Asset Visibility: Industrial organizations can easily discover and monitor assets, identify vulnerabilities, and analyze network traffic to investigate and resolve issues effectively.
- Advanced Threat Detection: Codified threat detection and response capabilities are specifically tailored for OT systems, supported by Dragos’s weekly content packs that include the latest intelligence and defenses.
- CENTUM VP-Specific Features: The Dragos Platform incorporates specialized capabilities for CENTUM VP, such as protocol dissectors, threat behavior analytics, and investigation playbooks.
- Global Cybersecurity Services: Customers gain access to Yokogawa’s extensive global services network, delivering bespoke OT cybersecurity services for processing and manufacturing industries.
- Collaborative Expertise: Joint customers benefit from educational materials and resources, including whitepapers and webinars, designed to strengthen cybersecurity defenses.
“At Yokogawa, we recognize the critical importance of cybersecurity in today’s rapidly evolving industrial landscape,” said Katsunori Iijima, General Manager of Cybersecurity Management at Yokogawa. “Our partnership with Dragos allows us to offer our customers a best-in-class OT security solution that seamlessly integrates with our CENTUM VP platform. This collaboration enhances our ability to provide comprehensive cybersecurity services on a global scale, ensuring that our customers can focus on their core operations while we safeguard their critical assets. Together with Dragos, we’re committed to advancing the state of industrial cybersecurity and empowering organizations to build resilient and secure operational environments.”