Two of the world’s biggest conglomerates join forces once again to expand their range of services and help businesses perform better by bridging technical and cultural gaps between production and business systems. The two companies, that have been working together for more than a decade, are leading digital transformation for businesses by bringing industrial automation together with industrial networking and security solutions, recognizing before many that the information technology (IT) and operational technology (OT) worlds were coming together.
While convergence is essential to a digital transformation, it also presents challenges such as siloed networks, cybersecurity threats, skills shortages and an abundance of production data and solutions. The leaders in their respective industries have worked together to offer jointly developed architectures, services and products to help companies address these challenges as they work toward building a Connected Enterprise.
In an announcement done earlier today, Rockwell Automation is adding Cisco’s Cyber Vision solution to its existing LifecycleIQ Services portfolio of cybersecurity threat detection offerings. Cyber Vision provides full visibility into industrial control systems to build secure infrastructures and enforce security policies – achieving the continuity, resilience, and safety of industrial operations. The addition of Cyber Vision to the LifecycleIQ Services threat detection offerings provides a unique switch-based architecture for customers with existing Cisco solutions, greenfield networks or those updating their Cisco network infrastructure.
“We are excited to continue growing our strategic alliance offerings with Cisco,” said Angela Rapko, director, Portfolio & Business Management – Customer Support and Maintenance (CSM), Rockwell Automation. “Our partnership brings together Cisco’s worldwide leadership in IT networking and security with the global leadership of Rockwell Automation in industrial automation and OT. The addition of Cisco Cyber Vision to our cybersecurity threat detection services portfolio benefits our customers by expanding the integration between the Rockwell Automation and Cisco ecosystems, particularly around cybersecurity.”
In a statement, Vikas Butaney, VP and GM of Cisco IoT, said: “The addition of Cisco’s Cyber Vision to Rockwell Automation’s threat detection portfolio is exemplary of our joint commitment to help customers bolster the cybersecurity of their industrial operations.
“With Cyber Vision we are embedding cybersecurity within industrial networks, making it easy for our customers to secure their business-critical operations at scale.”
The new offering builds on the comprehensive portfolio of products and services Rockwell Automation is already providing its customers, hence enabling the collaborative workflow and the shared vision that IT and OT teams need to manage these critical risks and solve their industrial security challenges.
