Illumio Inc. announced a strategic integration with
NVIDIA to help critical infrastructure organizations strengthen protection and
advance their Zero Trust posture. The collaboration integrates the NVIDIA BlueField networking platform with Illumio's breach containment platform,
delivering robust security and operational efficiency across converged IT and
Operational Technology (OT) environments.
Critical
infrastructure organizations can now deploy Illumio directly on NVIDIA
BlueField, providing security teams with a comprehensive view of network
dependencies and precise security controls at both the host and network level.
Organizations can gain deep visibility into traffic, protect critical assets,
and use NVIDIA BlueField DPUs as effective Zero Trust enforcement points,
dramatically simplifying the protection of critical systems and ensuring
operational continuity while meeting stringent compliance requirements. In the
future, they will also be able to use Illumio's AI-driven insights to identify
risks and attacker patterns, enabling rapid detection of threats in ICS and OT
environments.
The
collaboration comes amid rising threats and increased regulatory pressure
globally to strengthen cyber resilience and reduce operational risk to OT
infrastructure. Key benefits to organizations include:
- Visibility and policy
enforcement for traffic within and between IT and OT layers: Visualize all
traffic to and from OT systems equipped with NVIDIA BlueField, using
Illumio's flexible labeling architecture to understand how systems
communicate across the entire infrastructure.
- Rapid deployment of
Zero Trust for critical infrastructure: Easily extend Zero Trust segmentation to
OT and ICS
environments,
reducing deployment complexity, accelerating time to value, and containing
breaches by mitigating
lateral movement risks.
- Improved compliance
and operational resilience: Identify
assets and threats, monitor traffic, and enforce security policies across
converged IT/OT environments with no impact to system performance or
architectural overhauls. Organizations get consistent and reliable
microsegmentation across diverse environments without compromising uptime
or resiliency.
"The
integration between Illumio and NVIDIA will significantly strengthen security
for cyber-physical systems and bring us closer to achieving our vision of a
world without cyber disasters," says Todd Palmer, Senior Vice President of
Global Partner Sales and Alliances, Illumio. "Critical infrastructure is under
threat like never before. Together with NVIDIA, we're making it easier for
organizations to protect
critical systems, ensure operational continuity, and meet stringent compliance
requirements in an increasingly complex landscape."
"Cyber
risks against critical infrastructure are more sophisticated and disruptive
than ever, and lateral movement remains a key factor in successful attacks,"
says Ofir Arkin, Senior Distinguished Architect for Cybersecurity at NVIDIA.
"Integrating the Illumio and NVIDIA BlueField platforms enables organizations
to enhance visibility and control across IT and OT networks, reduce risk,
contain attacks, and strengthen operational resilience."
Recognized
as a leader in The Forrester Wave:
Microsegmentation Solutions, Q3 2024, Illumio
is a trusted, dedicated segmentation vendor in the NVIDIA partner ecosystem,
delivering a robust cybersecurity platform dedicated to containing breaches.
Built on an AI security graph, and comprising Illumio Insights (AI cloud
detection and response) and Illumio Segmentation (Zero Trust Segmentation), the
platform empowers organizations to identify risks, and contain threats
instantly, enabling a Zero Trust strategy.