Honeywell has announced the expansion of its Operational Technology (OT) Cybersecurity Suite, introducing new capabilities designed to help industrial organizations address the growing threat of cyberattacks. The enhanced portfolio offers advanced protection for critical infrastructure, supports regulatory compliance efforts, and enables businesses to strengthen their overall cybersecurity posture in increasingly complex operating environments.
With cyber threats targeting OT assets becoming more frequent and sophisticated, industrial organizations face mounting pressure to secure their operations. According to the World Economic Forum’s Global Cybersecurity Outlook, only 32% of organizations with industrial environments actively monitor their OT systems, while just 20% maintain dedicated OT security teams. To help bridge this gap, Honeywell’s expanded cybersecurity suite provides a more integrated and proactive approach to cyber resilience, allowing organizations to better identify, manage, and mitigate emerging risks.
“The cybersecurity landscape for industrial organizations continues to evolve rapidly, with increasingly advanced threats targeting critical operations,” said Jim Masso, President and CEO of Honeywell Process Automation. “Organizations with a unified cybersecurity strategy across both digital and physical environments are setting a solid foundation for operational resilience while also avoiding potentially dangerous and costly attacks.”
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New Features of Honeywell’s OT Cybersecurity Suite
Honeywell’s expanded OT cybersecurity suite includes five new capabilities that build on the platform’s current offerings to protect critical infrastructure and minimize operational risk:
Secure Media Exchange (SMX) Portable Scanner: SMX is a specialized cyber-physical solution designed to protect industrial facilities and critical infrastructure from threats carried in on USBs and other removable media devices. Powered by advanced anti-virus and industry-leading threat intelligence, the new SMX Portable Scanner enables deep inspection of storage devices, Windows-based machines and air-gapped systems, reducing the risk of malware entering critical environments and disrupting supply chains.
Cyber Proactive Defense (CPD): CPD is a next generation AI-powered monitoring solution purpose-built for Operational Technology (OT) environments facing increasingly more sophisticated cyber-attacks. Using advanced analytics and real-time monitoring, it correlates alerts across process and automation tools to deliver actionable insights, enabling organizations to proactively identify, prioritize, and mitigate threats before they escalate into full-scale attacks and impact critical operations.
Cyber Governance Risk and Compliance (GRC): Streamlining compliance management, Cyber GRC automates evidence collection and audit reporting through AI and machine learning capabilities. The software reduces administrative burden by transforming weeks of manual effort into hours while providing greater visibility into security posture.
Data Diode: Protecting sensitive data flows is paramount in industrial environments. Honeywell’s data diode allows for secure, unidirectional data transfer, helping isolate critical systems and maintain high security standards in OT domains.
OT Security Operations Center (SOC): As a managed service for network and endpoint monitoring, the OT SOC equips organizations with the expertise and resources needed to respond swiftly to incidents. With 24/7 monitoring and a vendor-agnostic hub, it enhances incident response, minimizes asset downtime, and helps ensure operational continuity.
The comprehensive expansion of Honeywell’s OT Cybersecurity Suite is available now and is engineered for deployment across various sectors, including manufacturing, energy, and critical infrastructure.
