Ordr anticipates increased industry demand for connected device security to protect expanding attack surfaces

August 31, 2023

Connected device security vendor Ordr said that it has experienced a significant increase in industry demand for its connected device security platform. The company empowers security and IT teams to discover and secure every connected asset throughout the organization, ranging from laptops and traditional IT equipment, but also vulnerable Internet of Things (IoT), Internet of Medical Things (IoMT), Operational Technology (OT), and cyber-physical systems. It also recognizes growing awareness of threats to assets, which drives growth as enterprises seek to protect their expanding attack surfaces.

Ordr’s AI-powered platform gives organizations a single source of truth for every connected device, revealing the entire attack surface, including vulnerabilities, exploits, and anomalies. With the digital transformation-driven expansion of devices across industries, the number of connections that must be secured by an organization increases dramatically every day.

Additionally, in industries such as healthcare and manufacturing, connected devices have a long lifecycle, often outliving the operating system and security software installed on them and creating an instant security issue.

“With industries as diverse as healthcare, manufacturing, financial services, smart cities, government, and higher education coming to depend on connected devices to conduct their daily operations, it is no surprise that security has become a top priority,” Jim Hyman, CEO of Ordr, said in a Wednesday media statement. “Organizations need the granular visibility that Ordr delivers, enabling teams to see what devices are connecting to their network, where they are connected, and what they’re doing when connected. It’s only with this real-time context that organizations can accurately identify their complete attack surface and mitigate risks via automated policies.”

“Enterprises today are embracing Zero Trust as a modern cybersecurity strategy, but extending it to connected devices including IT, IoT, IoMT and OT can be increasingly challenging,” according to Mark Grassmann, cybersecurity practice principal at Alchemy Technology Group. “We’ve been seeing great momentum bringing together our extensive cybersecurity experience with Ordr’s technology to discover every asset in the network, identify the attack surface, and automate the creation of segmentation policies to secure them. We look forward to our continued partnership with Ordr to further strengthen our customers’ security posture.”

It has become harder and harder for resource-constrained IT and security teams to ensure they have a full understanding of their attack surface – and for them to have the proper policies in place to mitigate those situations. The visibility and control that Ordr brings helps to reduce risks and decrease incident response by hours, particularly when the context is used to enrich CMDB (configuration management database), SIEMs (security information and event management), XDRs (extended detection and response), and security operations tools.

Earlier this month, Ordr announced that it was named a Representative Vendor in the Gartner Market Guide for Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) protection platforms. The report emphasizes the need for an asset-centric approach to protecting CPS in mission-critical environments.