Rockwell Automation Announces New Initiatives to Bolster Cybersecurity Offering for Customers
November 08 2021 - 6:00AM
Business Wire
Partnerships with Dragos and CrowdStrike and a
new Cybersecurity Operations Center are helping Rockwell customers
adopt a more proactive cybersecurity approach covering the entire
attack continuum – before, during, and after an event
Rockwell Automation, Inc. (NYSE: ROK), the world’s largest
company dedicated to industrial automation and digital
transformation, today announced new investments to enhance its
information technology (IT) and operational technology (OT)
cybersecurity offering, better equipping customers with the
protection they need in today’s perilous environment. These
initiatives include strategic partnerships with Dragos, Inc. and
CrowdStrike, as well as the establishment of a new Cybersecurity
Operations Center in Israel.
“Implementing strong cybersecurity is no longer a best practice,
but a must do,” said Rachael Conrad, vice president and general
manager of Global Services at Rockwell Automation. “For
manufacturers, protection starts with a rock-solid foundation of OT
expertise. That’s why we’re doubling down on our cybersecurity
investment to build the most robust, specialized IT/OT
cybersecurity offering in the market.”
Incident Response, Threat Intelligence
Rockwell and Dragos, a global leader in cybersecurity for
industrial control systems (ICS)/OT environments, have announced a
partnership that combines Rockwell’s global industry, application,
and ICS domain expertise with Dragos’s world-class technology,
professional services, and threat intelligence services. This
partnership enhances the ability of every industrial customer to
better protect, respond, and recover from a cybersecurity
incident.
The partnership will focus on incident response services and
threat intelligence. The two companies’ combined capabilities will
increase the speed in which customers can assess and remediate a
cybersecurity threat by offering enhanced incident response
services. Additionally, Rockwell and Dragos experts will offer a
mutually developed threat intel feed.
“Our investment and partnership with Dragos will help our
industrial automation customers achieve their connected enterprise
by providing a safe and secure OT infrastructure,” Conrad said. “As
the frequency and severity of cybersecurity threats continue to
rise in our industry, it’s critical that automation leaders partner
with cybersecurity leaders to share expertise and co-innovate on
ways to protect our customers.”
Cloud-Delivered Endpoint Protection
Rockwell and CrowdStrike, a leader in cloud-delivered endpoint
and workload protection, have formed a partnership to deliver
end-to-end cybersecurity and network service solutions to
customers. The partnership will examine initiatives for
CrowdStrike’s cloud-native, AI-powered Falcon platform with
Rockwell’s global deployment, network architecture, support, OT,
and managed services capabilities to deliver differentiated
solutions that address customer cybersecurity pain points.
“Rockwell’s partnership with CrowdStrike enables us to provide
fully integrated, end-to-end industrial security services and
solutions across the entire customer cybersecurity journey, from
threat detection through response and recovery from cyber
incidents,” Conrad said. “Combining CrowdStrike’s leading endpoint
protection platform with Rockwell’s broad array of integrated
security products and services will allow our customers access to
the most comprehensive security approach in the marketplace.”
New Ways to Manage Risk Globally, Remotely
Rockwell continues to enhance its global capabilities with the
establishment of a Cybersecurity Operations Center in Israel. The
center, located in the Metropolitan Area of Tel Aviv, opened Nov. 1
and focuses on delivering remote cybersecurity services to
Rockwell’s global customer base. It offers enhanced cybersecurity
managed services as part of Rockwell’s existing global footprint
with an additional 15 remote service centers around the world.
This center demonstrates Rockwell’s continued investment in
global cybersecurity domain expertise and portfolio of services. In
2020, Rockwell acquired Avnet, a privately-held, Israel-based
cybersecurity provider with more than 20 years of cybersecurity
services experience and Oylo, a privately-held industrial
cybersecurity services provider based in Barcelona, Spain, to
enhance its industrial control solutions and incident response
offering. Rockwell’s partner ecosystem also includes world-class
partners such as Claroty and Cisco.
Learn more about Rockwell Automation’s cybersecurity
capabilities during Automation Fair, taking place November
10-11.
About Rockwell Automation
Rockwell Automation, Inc. (NYSE: ROK), is a global leader in
industrial automation and digital transformation. We connect the
imaginations of people with the potential of technology to expand
what is humanly possible, making the world more productive and more
sustainable. Headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Rockwell
Automation employs approximately 24,500 problem solvers dedicated
to our customers in more than 100 countries. To learn more about
how we are bringing the Connected Enterprise to life across
industrial enterprises, visit www.rockwellautomation.com.
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