Illumio, Inc. has announced an expanded collaboration with Armis, enhancing the security of both information technology (IT) and operational technology (OT) systems.
This integration aims to bolster risk management and advance market strategies, delivering robust insights into potential vulnerabilities and coordinated threat response.
Unified IT/OT security approach
The partnership involves the integration of the Illumio Platform—featuring both Illumio Insights and Illumio Segmentation—alongside Armis Centrix™, Armis’s platform for cyber exposure management.
This joint offering equips businesses with the capability to detect security threats at an early stage, automate breach containment, and instil resilience within their most susceptible infrastructure.
Addressing the most vulnerable systems
According to Izrael, the collaboration merges visibility, asset intelligence, and enforcement
Acquiring comprehensive knowledge of connected assets and recognising where risks are prevalent is crucial for securing an organisation’s entire attack surface, as highlighted by Nadir Izrael, CTO and Co-Founder of Armis. According to Izrael, the collaboration merges visibility, asset intelligence, and enforcement, enabling decisive action against threats, thereby safeguarding critical operations without disruption.
A unified zero trust security model
This enhanced collaboration couples Illumio’s breach containment strategy with Armis’s ongoing cyber exposure management capabilities to create a cohesive Zero Trust approach for IT and OT ecosystems.
With Illumio Insights incorporated, the alliance transcends basic segmentation, evolving into an intrinsic function that simplifies operations while promoting proactive threat containment.
Key integration features
- Comprehensive Asset Visibility: Armis classifies all IT, OT, and IoT devices, including unmanaged and legacy assets, and shares this data with the Illumio Platform for elevated visibility and mapping.
- Risk Prioritisation: Armis's intelligence augments Illumio Insights, identifying opportunities for impactful segmentation.
- Dynamic Containment: Illumio enforces microsegmentation to inhibit lateral movement upon anomaly detection by Armis.
- SOC Integration: The integration supports faster investigations by synchronizing with SOC workflows, SIEM, and SOAR.
Sustaining continuous asset intelligence
This partnership facilitates Zero Trust methodologies across IT, OT, and IoT domains
This partnership facilitates Zero Trust methodologies across IT, OT, and IoT domains, reducing breach impacts via swift containment. It also aids compliance with standards such as NERC CIP, IEC 62443, and NIST 800-82.
Todd Palmer, SVP of Global Partner Sales and Alliances at Illumio, emphasises that compromised environments jeopardise not only uptime but also safety, infrastructure, and trust. By merging Illumio’s breach containment with Armis’s asset intelligence, teams achieve enhanced insight and command, ensuring critical systems remain operational.
Protecting critical infrastructure
Beyond technological collaboration, Illumio and Armis are synchronising their marketing strategies to facilitate easier access to, and deployment of, advanced Zero Trust Security solutions. This harmonious approach ensures customers receive seamless integration, expert advice, and a unified strategy for strengthening critical infrastructure protection.
The Illumio Platform provides AI-driven cloud detection and proactive control over threat movement across hybrid and multi-cloud environments, underscoring its commitment to comprehensive breach containment. The Illumio and Armis integration is now accessible to joint customers globally.
