Schneider Electric and Claroty partner to address safety and cybersecurity challenges in global industrial infrastructure

·  Claroty’s platform provides extreme visibility
and real-time ICS/OT network monitoring for Schneider Electric customers

·  Claroty joins Schneider Electric Collaborative
Automation Partner Program

Singapore, August
8, 2017 –  Claroty,
an innovator in Operational Technology (OT) network protection, andSchneider Electric, the global specialist in
energy management and automation, announced today that they are partnering to
address safety and cybersecurity challenges for the world’s industrial
infrastructure. Under the terms of the agreement, Claroty will market its
real-time OT/ICS network monitoring and detection solution to Schneider
Electric’s customers through the company’s Collaborative Automation Partner
Program (CAPP).

The
Claroty platform proactively protects industrial control systems and
continuously monitors industrial networks for cyber threats. With secure remote
access, asset owners can employ policies to control remote employee and third
party access to critical systems, and record the sessions. Continuous threat
detection creates a detailed inventory of industrial network assets, identifies
misconfigurations, monitors traffic between assets, and finds anomalies that
may indicate the presence of a malicious actor. Context rich alerts provide
plant and security personnel with actionable insights for efficient
investigation, response, and recovery.

This
partnership adds a key component to Schneider Electric’s end to end
cybersecurity offerings by protecting its connected products and edge control
offerings within the company’s EcoStruxure™ architecture. EcoStruxure is
Schneider Electric’s IoT-enabled, open and interoperable system architecture
and platform. Delivering Innovation At Every Level across connected products,
edge control and apps, analytics, and services, the EcoStruxure architecture
enables scalable design and operation of connected systems with best-in-class
cybersecurity built in at every layer.

“At
Schneider Electric we recognize the urgent need to assist our customers in
enhancing their safety and cybersecurity programs,” said David Doggett, Senior
Director Cybersecurity, Industry Business, Schneider Electric. “One way we are
addressing this need is through partnering with Claroty to provide real-time
network monitoring and anomaly-detection.”

Schneider
Electric and Claroty have conducted rigorous testing to validate solution
interoperability. Claroty is a key partner for network security monitoring
system within CAPP. CAPP enables Schneider Electric to offer complete business
solutions by integrating innovative technologies developed by its partner
ecosystem into its own offerings.

“Passive
network intrusion detection techniques are critical for applications where
system availability is paramount,” continues Doggett. “Claroty’s platform can
strengthen solutions against known cyber attacks that have bypassed existing
boundary protections. The technology can also alert network operators about
novel attack vectors or attacks initiated by rouge insiders using existing
tools and credentials.”

A
key characteristic of the Claroty platform is its ability to explore the
deepest level of industrial network protocols without adversely impacting the system.
This enables end users to safely identify anomalies while protecting complex
and sensitive industrial networks. Traditional IT security software often uses
active queries or requires a footprint on the network, which can ultimately
disrupt operations. However, the Claroty platform uses a passive-monitoring
approach to safely inspect traffic without the risk of disruption.

“We
have set off on a mission to bring rapid and long overdue change to the
cybersecurity of industrial control networks,” said Amir Zilberstein, Chief
Executive Officer, Claroty. “We recognize that this complex challenge is best
addressed in a unified and robust fashion – where security vendors such as
Claroty work hand in hand with leading equipment manufacturers. Partnering with
Schneider Electric and delivering our solutions within its comprehensive
approach to cybersecurity through its EcoStruxure architecture will help drive
the broadest reach and most immediate impact to industrial companies.”

Launched as the second
startup from Israel’s famed Team8 foundry, Claroty combines an elite management
team and deep technical expertise from both IT and OT disciplines. Claroty
exited stealth mode late last year with $32 million in venture capital from marquis
investors such as Bessemer Venture Partners and Eric Schmidt’s Innovation
Endeavors. The company boasts a world class management team from companies
including Siemens, IBM, Waterfall Security, Palo Alto Networks, iSIGHT
Partners, FireEye, ICS2 and Industrial Defender.  Claroty has an elite ICS
security research organization that comprises the top 1% of the 1% of
cybersecurity experts form the Israeli Defense Force Unit 8200.  With an
unmatched understanding of ICS, SCADA and other essential OT/IIOT systems, the
Claroty Platform provides the deepest and broadest coverage of ICS systems,
protocols and networks available on the market today. For more information,
visit www.claroty.com.

About Schneider
Electric
Schneider Electric is
the global specialist in energy management and automation. With revenues of
~€25 billion in FY2016, our 144,000 employees serve customers in over 100
countries, helping them to manage their energy and process in ways that are
safe, reliable, efficient and sustainable. From the simplest of switches to
complex operational systems, our technology, software and services improve the
way our customers manage and automate their operations. Our connected
technologies reshape industries, transform cities and enrich lives. At
Schneider Electric, we call this Life Is On.