Dragos acquires Network Perception, increases visibility into OT environments

OT cybersecurity company Dragos has announced the acquisition of Network Perception, maker of NP-View, a network visualisation platform for OT networks. The company says acquisition will bolster the Dragos Platform with greater OT network visibility along with compliance and segmentation analysis and reporting capabilities tailored to safeguard critical OT environments.

As cyberthreats to industrial networks continue to evolve, attaining complete OT network visibility is essential. By bringing together the capabilities of the Dragos Platform with those of NP-View, organisations will now be able to see which assets are connecting to which services in their critical networks, as well as which assets can connect to which services.

With the upcoming integration, the combined Dragos Platform and NP-View will offer dual-layer visibility into OT environments by revealing both real-time connections and potential pathways in a cohesive view. The aim is to empower security teams to proactively defend against risks that are invisible to conventional solutions and, for the first time, fully map the intent versus reality of their network configurations, identifying key vulnerabilities along the attack path before they can be exploited.

NP-View is used by organisations in the energy, utilities and industrial sectors to proactively assess, visualise and monitor their network security posture in an offline manner with no risk to operations. NP-View takes a non-invasive approach by accessing or uploading configuration files for switches, routers and firewalls. It provides a network topology map, analyses access paths and evaluates firewall rules.

In the future, through the integration of NP-View’s topology and firewall rules analysis into the Dragos Platform, customers will be able to map their OT environment network topology more effectively, decide where to place Dragos Platform network sensors, map vulnerabilities to attack paths, and evaluate configuration and policy drift. The dual layer visibility into what assets are communicating and what communication paths are possible will be a more powerful security and compliance view of the OT environment.

“The acquisition of Network Perception represents a significant milestone toward our shared mission to secure the world’s industrial and critical infrastructure,” said Robert Lee, CEO and Co-Founder of Dragos. “Our companies have grown side-by-side with complementary technologies to protect OT environments. This acquisition brings our teams and technologies together to give organisations an unprecedented level of visibility into their OT environments. Network Perception’s compliance capabilities expand Dragos’s already strong foundation for helping organisations meet regulations.”

While both companies have a strong presence in the North American Electric sector, the acquisition allows Dragos to bring Network Perception’s capabilities to Dragos customers in oil & gas, manufacturing and other industries globally.

“Joining forces with Dragos allows us to combine our strengths and deliver even greater value to the OT community,” said Robin Berthier, CEO and Co-Founder, Network Perception. “We are excited to combine our teams, which include some of the brightest minds in industrial cybersecurity, to accelerate innovation and help customers defend against threats and meet regulatory requirements today and tomorrow.”

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