2023 SC Awards Finalists: Best Industrial Security Solution 

Dragos addresses the growing need for industrial control systems (ICS) and operational technology (OT) security, offering its customers visibility of ICS/OT assets and communications. Founded by experts with operational experience within the NSA, the Dragos Platform uses intelligence-driven analytics to pinpoint threats, identify vulnerabilities, and offer response playbooks. The platform also offers additional benefits, such as attack surface hardening and network optimization. Dragos offering a holistic approach with its own technology platform, native threat intelligence service, and OT-specific threat hunting and incident-response capabilities. The company also offers a managed threat hunting service (OT Watch), an OT-specific threat intelligence service (Worldview), and a free, opt-in collective defense application (Neighborhood Keeper). With flexible deployment models and licensing options, Dragos aims to deliver a lower total cost of ownership and higher return on investment for its customers.

Fortinet Security Fabric for OT advances digital transformation across industries by offering comprehensive network security, cybersecurity, and services to protect cyber-physical systems. This product lets customers converge IT and OT security operations with the Fortinet IT Fabric, consolidating products onto one vendor platform, simplifying deployment, operation, and scaling. Fortinet Security Fabric for OT features ease of use, industry-leading performance, a wide portfolio of OT applications, and a strong return on investment. Centralized management of FortiGate Next-Generation Firewalls (NGFWs) and switches, along with integrated security services, promises to help customers consolidate and converge solutions for OT and IT, resulting in operational and budgetary efficiencies. Fortinet’s centralized management and diverse OT solution portfolio promises to let customers achieve significant budgetary gains. The company’s proprietary security processors offer a powerful and efficient next-generation firewall with a competitive price point and ROI.

Nozomi Networks Vantage, a SaaS-based network visibility and security product, aims to address the unique cybersecurity requirements of OT environments and industrial processes while offering a high level of scalability and integration. Vantage offers advanced security and visibility across OT, IoT, and IT networks, which helps organizations respond to threats faster, maintain compliance, and protect critical assets. With a flexible architecture, the platform aims to consolidate OT and IoT security management into a single application, regardless of network growth or evolution. Vantage offers global visibility, high-priority alerts, and customizable response playbooks, promising to reduce research time and speed-up threat response. The platform uses AI-powered data analytics for centralized monitoring and real-time awareness. Its subscription-based pricing model helps customers scale usage and control costs as their needs grow. Nozomi Networks now monitors 89 million devices with installations in some of the world’s largest pharmaceutical, oil and gas, electric utility, and mining operations.

SynSaber, a software-based sensor system designed for industrial edge networks, addresses the lack of visibility in critical infrastructure environments. The system requires minimal hardware and can be deployed on various platforms, making it an attractive option for businesses seeking to enhance their cybersecurity. By pre-processing data at the edge, SynSaber lets customers  send only the relevant OT data to their existing monitoring tools, augmenting their current investments without the need for new hardware. The Saber sensors integrate with a customer’s existing infrastructure and tools, offering a cost-effective product with a low total cost of ownership. SynSaber’s updates are released monthly, with major updates planned quarterly. Customers are not charged for these updates. The product aims to help organizations reduce hardware costs, improve visibility, and ultimately, increase return on investment for their existing security tools. SynSaber targets multiple industries in the growing industrial cybersecurity market.

Tenable OT Security was designed to monitor industrial networks for cyber threats. The product offers a high level of visibility to organizations in industries such as automotive, oil and gas, manufacturing, and critical infrastructure. By centralizing visibility for both IT and OT operations, Tenable OT Security aims to eliminate silos and helps organizations mitigate risk across their entire attack surface, including cyber physical systems. Leading features of Tenable OT Security include risk-based insights into vulnerabilities across IT and ICS devices, and maintaining productivity without compromising uptime. Tenable offers its innovative technology, a unified portfolio, and a trusted reputation. With more than 40,000 customers worldwide, including 60% of the Fortune 500, Tenable OT Security has become an important player in the growing ICS Security market. By integrating Tenable OT Security with other Tenable products, customers can benefit from a holistic view of their attack surface and increased efficiency, while reducing risk.