Operational technology (OT) and internet of things (IoT) security company Nozomi Networks extended an existing agreement with Yokogawa Electric. This partnership will specifically address the global demand for managed security services and solutions that holistically satisfy unique OT and IoT cybersecurity requirements for process manufacturers.
Yokogawa plans to offer Nozomi OT and IoT visibility, network monitoring and threat detection as part of its OpreX managed services. Yokogawa will also resell standalone solutions from Nozomi to customers who manage in-house security programs.
“With Nozomi Networks, our customers have access to the industry’s best OT and IoT network monitoring and threat detection fully supported by Yokogawa’s managed services,” said Katsunori Iijima, GM, cybersecurity management, Yokogawa Electric. “We’re pleased to extend a very successful relationship we started several years ago in Europe. By partnering with Nozomi, we are able to rapidly deliver deep OT and IoT cybersecurity expertise, using battle-tested solutions that our customers are demanding.”
“We are excited to strengthen our relationship with Yokogawa to help more organizations meet their growing need for critical OT and IoT cybersecurity solutions,” said Chet Namboodri, Nozomi SVP of global partner sales and development. “With an established track record of collaboration in the process industries sector, we firmly believe this partnership accelerates our joint mission to help protect process automation assets and networks around the world from compromise.”
Nozomi solutions support more than 102 million devices in thousands of installations across energy, manufacturing, mining, transportation, utilities, building automation, smart cities and critical infrastructure. Launched in August 2021, its MSSP partner program offers a complete program for OT and IoT managed security services that equips providers with OT and IoT cybersecurity, expertise and selling resources.
Yokogawa, meanwhile, continuously invests in secure products, solutions, programs, organizations, services and managed services as part of a commitment to quality, safety, security, reliability and sustainability.
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