Net One Partners Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; President & CEO: Takuya Tanaka; hereinafter “Net One Partners”) has signed a distributor agreement with U.S.-based Xage Security.
Through this agreement, Net One Partners aims to strengthen its security initiatives for manufacturing and critical infrastructure by expanding its OT security offerings into a unified Zero Trust platform spanning IT, OT, and AI environments. This move addresses growing demand for identity-based Zero Trust security, driven by the acceleration of digital transformation (DX), IT-OT convergence, and the adoption of AI-enabled systems across manufacturing and critical infrastructure sectors.
Background and Purpose of the Agreement
As digital transformation (DX) accelerates across manufacturing and critical infrastructure, security requirements are expanding beyond traditional IT into OT and, increasingly, AI-driven systems. The convergence of IT and OT, combined with the rapid growth of IoT, remote operations, digital twins, and AI-enabled automation, has dramatically increased the number of identities, assets, and connections that must be secured across diverse environments. This shift is driving demand for a unified Zero Trust platform that can protect critical assets end-to-end—from enterprise IT systems to industrial OT networks and emerging AI workloads.
At the same time, cybersecurity has become a national-level priority in critical infrastructure sectors. In Japan, rising defense and resilience investments are accelerating the adoption of more advanced security controls, particularly for OT environments that were not originally designed with cybersecurity in mind. Organizations now require security solutions that deliver strong identity-based access control, continuous verification, and granular segmentation without disrupting operations.
Xage Security addresses these challenges with a comprehensive Zero Trust security platform purpose-built to span IT, OT, and AI environments. The platform integrates Secure Remote Access (SRA), Privileged Access Management (PAM), Zero Trust Segmentation, and asset protection to enforce identity-centric security across users, devices, workloads, and machines. Extending this approach further, Zero Trust for AI ensures that AI models, data pipelines, and autonomous systems are protected with the same rigor as mission-critical infrastructure.
In response to these market shifts, Net One Partners has signed a distributor agreement with Xage Security to strengthen its OT and critical infrastructure security initiatives. Together, the partnership enables customers in manufacturing and critical infrastructure to adopt a unified Zero Trust platform that secures today’s converged IT/OT environments while preparing for the next wave of AI-driven operations.
Future Outlook
To date, Net One Partners has delivered comprehensive OT solutions for manufacturing and critical infrastructure sectors, centered on network and system infrastructure. Through this distributor agreement with Xage Security, Net One Partners will strengthen its security capabilities across converged IT, OT, and AI environments, enabling customers to deploy comprehensive Zero Trust security through a single, unified platform.
Looking ahead, Net One Partners aims to expand its OT security business in the manufacturing DX and critical infrastructure markets by collaborating with partner companies to address increasingly complex security requirements. This initiative also positions the company to support future AI-driven operations and pursue global expansion, delivering scalable Zero Trust security aligned with the evolving needs of critical infrastructure worldwide.
Endorsement
“As manufacturing and critical infrastructure modernize, organizations are facing a rapidly expanding attack surface across IT, OT, and AI systems, making identity-based Zero Trust security essential,” said Russell McGuire, Chief Revenue Officer, Xage Security. “Together with Net One Partners, whose deep expertise and strong presence in the Japanese market make them an ideal partner, Xage is accelerating the adoption of a unified Zero Trust platform that enables secure remote access, enforces least-privilege access, protects critical assets, and reduces cyber risk, helping organizations confidently advance digital transformation across converged IT, OT, and AI environments.”
About Xage Security,Inc.
Xage Security is a global leader in Zero Trust access and protection on a mission to pioneer a secure tomorrow. Control access and prevent attacks in the cloud, in the data center, at the remote operational edge anywhere on Earth, and even in orbit with the Xage Fabric Platform. Xage is easy to manage and can be deployed in a day, giving users easy and secure access to the assets they need from anywhere while preventing advanced adversaries and insider threats at every stage of the attack chain. Visit xage.com to learn more.
About Net One Partners Co., Ltd.
Net One Partners Co., Ltd. is an “Advanced IT Distributor” that specializes in collaborative business with partner companies to deliver high added value. The company provides the world’s most advanced ICT infrastructure products, backed by advanced technical support and high product quality. As a group company of Net One Systems Co., Ltd., Net One Partners is also responsible for discovering new products and developing new business for the entire Net One Group.
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Media Contact
Public Relations Team, Net One Systems Co., Ltd.: Kazama, Imaizumi, Kashiwagi
E-mail：media@netone.co.jp
Public Relations Team, Xage Security
Email: press@xage.com
This press release has been translated from Japanese. Originally published here.
