By integrating communications at the controller level, Juniper and Dragos can exchange threat detection information and stop real-time, east-west cyber-attacks in industrial controls systems within minutes
Juniper Networks and Dragos have announced their commitment to securing critical infrastructure through an official joint partnership that provides an automation framework for active attack response for OT-ICS networks and systematises both companies’ research and development work.
With this joint partnership, OT networks can leverage Juniper’s routing, switching and firewalls, in conjunction with the advanced industrial cybersecurity technology and threat intelligence provided by the Dragos Platform, to provide near real-time response to attacks.
The joint solution delivers cybersecurity visibility across IT, and OT domains by creating a truly converged industrial network that enables end-to-end threat detection and response orchestration and extends Juniper’s Connected Security strategy to OT network environments.
“Bridging IT and OT to modernise industrial networks requires a high level of precision to maintain the desired characteristics of each network area. We are addressing this challenge by combining our industry-leading networking and security portfolio with Dragos to deliver an integrated solution that secures critical infrastructure with built-in threat detection and remediation for real-time active responses to malicious attacks,” said Raj Yavatkar, Chief Technology Officer, Juniper Networks.
By integrating communications at the controller level, Juniper and Dragos can exchange threat detection information and stop real-time, east-west cyber-attacks in industrial control systems within minutes.
The Dragos Platform provides for the detection of malicious activity by analysing indications of compromise and threat behaviours, then leverages Juniper’s security infrastructure to provide mitigative action by utilising the following capabilities:
- Closed-loop OT threat detection between the Dragos Platform and Juniper Security Director Cloud and SRX firewalls, including the ability to automate responses
- Security monitoring, intrusion detection and threat hunting
- Telemetry aggregation and visualisation of ICS/OT assets, network communications and threat behaviours
“Industrial organisations, including critical infrastructure, realise that IT cybersecurity and OT cybersecurity are unique and vital to their organisations. The integration between Juniper’s management platform, Security Director Cloud, and the Dragos Platform brings the best of both worlds to organisations looking to secure their IT and OT businesses and gain more control over threats that could move between systems,” said Jon Lavender, Chief Technology Officer and Head of Product, Dragos.
