By Amit Pawar, VP of Consulting & Services
Xage, the zero trust real-world security company, and Armis, the leading unified asset visibility and security platform provider, have formed a new partnership. The two companies are joining forces to fuse advanced, defense-in-depth preventative capabilities of Xage Fabric with detection and response capabilities of Armis platform to protect industrial operations and critical infrastructure.
Xage and Armis are uniquely poised to help organizations comply with evolving cybersecurity guidelines, including from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the MITRE ATT&CK for ICS Framework. NIST’s Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) and its five distinct functions (Identify, Detect, Protect, Respond, and Recover) outline a comprehensive approach to securing critical infrastructure, while the MITRE framework provides concrete steps for security managers to assess and improve their security controls for industrial control systems (ICS) and operational technology (OT) environments.
The complementary capabilities from Xage and Armis address these frameworks head-on. The first-of-its-kind partnership is timely; amidst a heightened threat landscape, it is no longer sufficient for companies, particularly critical infrastructure, to rely only on detection and response strategies. Preventative, zero trust-based security measures are now necessary as well. As such, the two companies are providing unique technology mapping that covers the totality of a customer’s cybersecurity needs.
Ultimately, as regulations evolve in response to new attack vectors, operations need a way to quickly and seamlessly adopt new and relevant recommendations. Together, Xage and Armis are ensuring that critical infrastructure organizations can quickly and seamlessly implement system-wide compliance with NIST frameworks and other similar requirements.
Going forward, Xage and Armis will collaborate on a series of long-term go-to-market activities. In fact, both companies will both be attending this year’s API Cybersecurity Conference for the Oil and Natural Gas Industry on November 8-9. Interested participants can register for this year’s event here.
To learn more about how Xage and Armis enable NIST compliance, see here and here.
About Xage
Xage is the first and only zero trust real-world security company. Xage’s solutions and services accelerate and simplify the way enterprises secure, manage and transform digital operations across OT, IT, and cloud. Xage products include Identity & Access Management (IAM), remote access, and dynamic data security, all powered by the Xage Fabric. Xage also offers Xage Cybersecurity Services, which deliver expert design, implementation, and support services to accelerate the adoption of proactive cyber-defense and underpin secure digital transformation.
About Armis
Armis is the leading unified asset visibility and security platform designed to address the new threat landscape that connected devices create. Fortune 1000 companies trust our real-time and continuous protection to see with full context all managed, unmanaged, and IoT devices, including medical devices (IoMT), operational technology (OT) and industrial control systems (ICS). Armis provides passive and unparalleled cybersecurity asset management, risk management, and automated enforcement. Armis is a privately held company and headquartered in Palo Alto, California.
