Schneider Electric and SECLAB announced an expanded OT cybersecurity partnership aimed at protecting critical industrial systems as AI accelerates the discovery of vulnerabilities and attackers increasingly target industrial processes directly.
The companies said newly discovered vulnerabilities can be exploited within days, while patching a PLC can require waiting for a maintenance window followed by testing and requalification, potentially leaving industrial systems exposed for months.
Their approach adds hardware-based protection that filters industrial communications between PLCs, distributed control systems and safety instrumented systems, allowing only communications required for the industrial process. Tests on Schneider Electric platforms found the technology provided application-level filtering without perceptible process latency. Schneider Electric will manage deployment and maintenance, and the companies plan to develop a new generation of OT-specific products expected in 2027.
Doc McConnell, Head of Policy and Compliance, Finite State said this:
“When Schneider Electric makes security decisions, the effects reach homes, businesses, industrial sites, and energy infrastructure around the world. It’s great to see Schneider and SECLAB take on one of the fundamental OT security problems: the gap between finding and fixing a PLC vulnerability. That gap will only get more dangerous as AI tools speed up new vulnerability discovery. Hardware-based filtering buys operators time, and it works best alongside visibility into the firmware itself, so manufacturers and their customers know before an incident which devices carry a vulnerable component, and where patching matters most. That kind of evidence is exactly what the EU Cyber Resilience Act is pushing manufacturers to have on hand.”
I like this move as it will have a great effect on everyone. Whether threat actors think twice is a whole other matter entirely.
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Schneider Electric, SECLAB expand OT security partnership
Schneider Electric and SECLAB announced an expanded OT cybersecurity partnership aimed at protecting critical industrial systems as AI accelerates the discovery of vulnerabilities and attackers increasingly target industrial processes directly.
The companies said newly discovered vulnerabilities can be exploited within days, while patching a PLC can require waiting for a maintenance window followed by testing and requalification, potentially leaving industrial systems exposed for months.
Their approach adds hardware-based protection that filters industrial communications between PLCs, distributed control systems and safety instrumented systems, allowing only communications required for the industrial process. Tests on Schneider Electric platforms found the technology provided application-level filtering without perceptible process latency. Schneider Electric will manage deployment and maintenance, and the companies plan to develop a new generation of OT-specific products expected in 2027.
Doc McConnell, Head of Policy and Compliance, Finite State said this:
“When Schneider Electric makes security decisions, the effects reach homes, businesses, industrial sites, and energy infrastructure around the world. It’s great to see Schneider and SECLAB take on one of the fundamental OT security problems: the gap between finding and fixing a PLC vulnerability. That gap will only get more dangerous as AI tools speed up new vulnerability discovery. Hardware-based filtering buys operators time, and it works best alongside visibility into the firmware itself, so manufacturers and their customers know before an incident which devices carry a vulnerable component, and where patching matters most. That kind of evidence is exactly what the EU Cyber Resilience Act is pushing manufacturers to have on hand.”
I like this move as it will have a great effect on everyone. Whether threat actors think twice is a whole other matter entirely.
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