Dragos Acquires NexDefense, Releases Free ICS Assessment Tools

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https://www.securityweek.com/dragos-acquires-nexdefense-releases-free-ics-assessment-tools

By Eduard Kovacs
SecurityWeek.com
March 18, 2019

Industrial cybersecurity firm Dragos on Monday announced the acquisition of
NexDefense, a company that specializes in visibility technology for industrial
control systems (ICS), and the launch of free ICS security assessment tools.

NexDefense, one of the earliest ICS security companies, was initially funded by
the U.S. Department of Energy and its technology was developed at the Idaho
National Laboratory (INL). Dragos believes that its acquisition of NexDefense
will further support its mission by making tools and knowledge readily available
to the ICS security community.

Specifically, the acquisition has helped Dragos launch Community Tools, a set of
free ICS security assessment tools.

Dragos Community Tools currently provides two applications. One of them is
Dragos Integrity, which is based on NexDefense technology and provides
industrial organizations continuous and passive network monitoring capabilities,
including deep packet inspection (DPI) and asset fingerprinting.

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