Securing OT and IoT with Nozomi Networks
Typical OT and IoT inherently lack visibility and are often done using manual work, hence having a large, exposed attack surface. OT systems were initially designed with little to no consideration of security, and as a result — attacks on OT Systems have risen exponentially over the past 10 years. The average cost of a cyber-attack nearing 2 million USD
Product Portfolio
The critical solution portfolio of the Nozomi network includes the following.
| SNO: | Solution Portfolio | Description | Licensing |
| 1 | Guardian ( Physical, Virtual or container editions) | Guardian ( Physical, Virtual, or container editions) | Provides up-to-date information on emerging threats and vulnerabilities in industrial environments pinpoint harmful anomalies |
| 2 | Vantage ( SaaS) | Guardian ( Physical, Virtual, or container editions) | |
| 3 | Central Management Console (CMC) – Public clouds, virtual or physical | allows management and orchestrate Networks Guardian deployments. It provides on-prem and public cloud-based single interface for configuring, monitoring, and reporting on industrial cybersecurity activities | |
| 4 | Extended Functionality (Asset Intelligence, Threat Intelligence and Remote Collectors) | Provides up-to-date information on emerging threats and vulnerabilities in industrial environments, pinpoint harmful anomalies | |
| 5 | Services Offerings – Certified Engineer Training, Professional Services and Customer support | consulting, training, and support to help organizations |
Guardian
Once assets are identified using Nozomi Guardian, it detects and associates vulnerability for those assets. It also has a powerful threat detection capability and can notify users of security incidents, and abnormal asset behavior, and provide an aggregated centralized dashboard allowing global visibility.
Nozomi – OT Network Discovery
VANTAGE
CMC
Integration and Interoperability
Nozomi network can integrate and interop with firewall vendors such as Fortinet, Palo Alto, Cisco, checkpoint, etc. CMDB services by ServiceNow and various other solutions. It also comply with Perdue Enterprise architecture and international standards such as IEC 62443, CIS Critical Security controls, ISO 27000 series, etc.
Summary
Nozomi Networks addresses security concerns in the converging OT and IoT worlds. Nozomi networks have grown exponentially over the last decade. It has a global customer base of 5.0K installations and 57.2M + devices monitored across converged OT/IoT. The company also claims to have over 1,200 certified professional
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About Author
Muhammad Marakkoottathil(MM)
Expert in the field of SDN, cloud computing, virtualization, active-active data center design & migration. Passionate about helping organizations to achieve their digital transformation objectives with strong 15+ years of experience in design, deployment, and managing heterogeneous network solutions across the industry verticals. Major Industry Certifications: Cisco CCIE, CCDP, VMware VCAP-NV_DESIGN, TOGAF, ITIL, NUTANIX NCSE, Google Cloud Architect, Azure Fundamentals More info please visit my page @ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/contactmm/