Microsoft has announced the general availability (GA) of the Microsoft Defender for IoT cloud-managed platform, which lets businesses interconnect their OT environment without compromising security.
Powered by Microsoft’s scalable, cost-effective Cloud technology, Defender for IoT helps users manage assets, track emerging threats, and control risks across enterprise and mission-critical networks—both in connected and air-gapped environments.
Given the 75 percent vulnerability rate in industrial controllers, nearly every organization using OT will need to reevaluate the security posture of both its legacy equipment (brownfield; lacking security) and its newer devices (greenfield; with some built-in security, said Microsoft. Older network monitoring systems are not familiar with IoT and OT protocols, making them unreliable. A purpose-built solution is needed for today’s converged security operations center (SOC).
With Microsoft Defender for IoT, you can achieve faster time-to-value, improve agility and scalability, increase visibility, and strengthen the resiliency of your network and infrastructure without making significant changes. The Defender for IoT cloud is designed to augment your on-premises processing power while providing a source of centralized management for global security teams—raising the bar for OT defense, said Microsoft.