OT Cyber Coalition welcomes Armis as newest member

November 13, 2023

The Operational Technology Cybersecurity Coalition (OT Cyber Coalition) has announced that Armis, an asset intelligence cybersecurity company, will be joining the group of cybersecurity vendors. The collaboration aims to strengthen the resilience of the nation’s critical infrastructure. Armis is the 17th company to join the OT Cyber Coalition since its launch in April 2022.

“As we face an era of rapidly escalating cybersecurity threats, the need for a diverse range of interoperable, standards-based cybersecurity solutions has never been more critical,” Andrew Howell, executive director of the OT Cyber Coalition, said in a media statement. “The addition of Armis to the OT Cyber Coalition strengthens our resolve and capacity to improve the security of our nation’s most vital infrastructure. Together, we will continue to work with industry and government stakeholders to enhance the resilience of our nation’s critical infrastructure and build a future where our operational technology is robust and secure.”

Armis protects and manages organizations’ entire attack surface in real-time. Armis secures critical infrastructure and manages cyber risk exposure for national governments, state and local entities, and organizations all around the world. It is a privately held company, headquartered in California.

“Global cyber attacks on hospitals and critical infrastructure including manufacturing, oil and gas pipelines, government and state departments have been on the rise for over a decade and yet cyber processes to combat these attacks are still not adequately addressing the problem,” said Brian Gumbel, president of Armis. “We need to accelerate the progress achieved in our public policy to best address the cybersecurity issues that OT environments uniquely face and double down across public and private sectors to collaborate on ensuring critical infrastructure remains protected and secured against adversaries now and in the future.”

Last week, Armis released the findings of its Global Attack Surface Management (ASM) Research, which examined organizational trends and challenges in the past year. According to research conducted by Vanson Bourne, global organizations are currently facing an unprecedented level of cyber risk due to blind spots in their environment. Security teams are struggling to handle large volumes of threat intelligence data that lack actionable insights.

The research revealed that 61 percent of global organizations have experienced at least one breach in the past year, with 31 percent reporting multiple breaches during the same period. The United States, Singapore, Australia, and New Zealand were the top four countries where organizations were most likely to report breaches.