Prevent Lateral Movement of Cyberattacks with Rich Asset Inventory, Prioritized Vulnerability Management and Compensating Controls & Microsegmentation
Cybersecurity in OT environments is inherently difficult due to unpatched legacy systems and OT/IoT devices that don’t support traditional security agents. The convergence of IT and OT adds complexity by expanding the attack surface, increasing interconnectivity, and blurring security boundaries, thus making it harder to detect and contain threats.
As is shown in the many new stories about high profile breaches, enterprise security leaders today must assume that breaches are inevitable and be prepared to survive them. While many enterprises today deploy perimeter defenses such as firewalls, identity management, and endpoint detection, these tools are primarily focused on breach prevention. However, initial network access by the attacker is just the beginning. Once inside, they must move laterally across networks to reach their target systems, escalating privileges and access. In converged IT/OT environments, this movement may go undetected until it’s too late. If they can reach their target systems, they can disrupt, steal, or encrypt sensitive data for ransom, and compromise operations. Enterprises must prevent lateral movement to disrupt the kill chain by not just focusing on prevention, but also on containment and resilience, to be breach ready.
ColorTokens and Armis deliver a complementary, integrated solution that brings together best-in-class microsegmentation, asset identification, comprehensive asset intelligence, and vulnerability management and microsegmentation and microsegmentation that empowers enterprises with a Zero Trust architecture purpose-built for converged IT/OT environments.
Key Challenges in Securing OT/IoT Environments
- Legacy and Agentless Systems – Many OT/IoT devices can’t support traditional security agents, leaving them exposed.
- Expanded Attack Surface – Converged IT/OT networks introduce complexity and more pathways for adversaries to exploit.
- Lateral Movement – Once inside the network, attackers often move laterally undetected, seeking high-value systems or causing operational disruption.
- Limited Visibility – Many organizations struggle to gain full visibility and situational awareness into all assets, especially unmanaged or unauthorized devices.
- Compliance Requirements – Meeting frameworks like NERC CIP, IEC 62443, and HIPAA requires not only monitoring but demonstrable control over network segmentation and threat response.
Joint Solution Overview
Through the joint integration, Armis Centrix™ & ColorTokens Xshield Enterprise Microsegmentation Platform™ now leverages rich asset intelligence, threat detection, and vulnerability data to deliver more precise and rigorous microsegmentation policies across traditionally hard-to-secure OT and IoT environments. This powerful combination enhances the resilience of operational systems while streamlining security operations.