Sophos has partnered with operational technology specialist Nozomi Networks. The companies announced a technical integration between Nozomi Networks Vantage and the AI-native Sophos Fusion defense platform. This strategic collaboration unifies threat visibility across IT and operational technology (OT) environments.
Critical infrastructure facilities face an aggressive and expanding threat landscape worldwide. Consequently, many severe industrial outages originate from initial compromises within corporate IT networks. Connecting more industrial assets increases the need for comprehensive visibility across enterprise boundaries. Therefore, deploying Sophos Fusion allows security teams to correlate OT telemetry with endpoint, cloud, and network security data seamlessly.
Furthermore, this integration marks one of the first major third-party technology rollouts for Sophos Fusion. The platform embeds Nozomi’s asset intelligence directly into central security operations workflows. Now analysts can assess industrial threats without needing to context switch between disparate software consoles.
Streamlining Operations and Responding to Threats
In addition, the integration of Nozomi’s threat data into Sophos Fusion greatly reduces the amount of manual investigation security analysts need to do. The unified platform enables automated Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response (SOAR) playbooks. As a result, security operations centers achieve higher efficiency and faster incident remediation.
In addition, security operations teams gain richer contextual insights during complex multi-stage attack investigations. Organizations running industrial infrastructure can now protect connected systems with confidence. Ultimately, adopting Sophos Fusion helps enterprises bridge long-standing operational gaps between IT and OT defense operations.
“The intersection of IT and OT environments has long been misunderstood by the cybersecurity industry, leading to inefficiencies and potential danger for critical infrastructure,” said Matt Cowell, Vice President of Strategic Alliances at Nozomi Networks. “This partnership helps solve these problems by seamlessly integrating OT intelligence into IT security investigations so teams have the full picture when assessing their increasingly expanding attack surface.”
“Defenders need every resource they can to combat sophisticated threat actors. This partnership helps security teams easily assess OT and IT vulnerabilities in one place, allowing them to take action much faster,” said Chris Bell, SVP of Global Channel and Alliances at Sophos. “Following the launch of Sophos Fusion, this is a testament to our commitment to bring best-of-breed security technologies into a single defense system for superior threat detection, investigation, and response.”
Therefore, this partnership empowers security analysts using Sophos Fusion to protect critical infrastructure against modern cyber threats.
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