GE Vernova’s Grid Solutions business and Dragos Inc have announced a technology partnership to offer holistic cybersecurity solutions by combining their respective areas of expertise in grid automation and operational technology (OT) cybersecurity. From this partnership GE will provide its global grid automation customers with Dragos’ cybersecurity solutions such as the Dragos Platform, Dragos Worldview threat intelligence, and incident response services, aiming to provide a holistic approach to safeguarding their critical infrastructure and other OT environments.
This initiative is intended to enhance the defence mechanisms of the electric grid by providing comprehensive OT cybersecurity solutions developed from what the two companies believe is their extensive experience in the field. As part of this agreement, both companies will collaborate on product and technology integrations to offer more advanced functionalities, including comprehensive asset visibility (that is, visibility into OT assets within various industrial energy environments – the ability to inventory and monitor assets, track vulnerabilities, and use network monitoring to investigate issues and incidents); proactive threat detection via Dragos' OT threat intelligence, combined with its real-time monitoring system: rapid incident response, provided by combining Dragos' incident response expertise with cybersecurity offerings: and global threat intelligence by making use of Dragos threat intelligence offering, backed a large team of cybersecurity experts, conferring visibility into adversary threats, malware, and vulnerabilities impacting industrial sectors.
