Security News > 2020 > June > SparkCognition and Siemens Join Forces for Industrial Security Solution
Artificial intelligence company SparkCognition and German industrial giant Siemens have joined forces for an industrial security solution designed for the energy sector.
The new solution, named " DeepArmor Industrial, fortified by Siemens," combines SparkCognition's AI-powered cyber defense solution DeepArmor with Siemens' expertise in operational technology security to help organizations protect endpoints and remote assets.
Siemens and SparkCognition say DeepArmor Industrial uses predictive AI to block unknown threats, it can secure unpatched legacy systems, allows organizations to implement a zero-trust whitelisting approach to protect fixed-function systems, and provides autonomous security for isolated industrial networks as it does not require frequent updates.
"The industry needs security solutions that can both operate autonomously and are designed with the modern industrial environment in mind. Together with Siemens, we are excited to bring next-generation endpoint protection that is specifically designed to increase the cyber resilience of OT networks and prevent advanced threat actors from impacting critical infrastructure," Sudarsan added.
Studies published in recent years have shown that the energy sector is one of the most affected industries when it comes to vulnerabilities found in industrial control systems, and it's one of the sectors most targeted by cyberattacks.