The rapid evolution of generative AI has created countless opportunities for innovation across industry and research. As is often the case with state-of-the-art technology, this evolution has also shifted the landscape of cybersecurity threats, creating new security requirements. Critical infrastructure cybersecurity is advancing to thwart the next wave of emerging threats in the AI era.
Leading operational technology (OT) providers today showcased at the S4 conference for industrial control systems (ICS) and OT cybersecurity how they’re adopting the NVIDIA cybersecurity AI platform to deliver real-time threat detection and critical infrastructure protection.
Armis, Check Point, CrowdStrike, Deloitte and World Wide Technology (WWT) are integrating the platform to help customers bolster critical infrastructure, such as energy, utilities and manufacturing facilities, against cyber threats.
Critical infrastructure operates in highly complex environments, where the convergence of IT and OT, often accelerated by digital transformation, creates a perfect storm of vulnerabilities. Traditional cybersecurity measures are no longer sufficient to address these emerging threats.
By harnessing NVIDIA’s cybersecurity AI platform, these partners can provide exceptional visibility into critical infrastructure environments, achieving robust and adaptive security while delivering operational continuity.
The platform integrates NVIDIA’s accelerated computing and AI, featuring NVIDIA BlueField-3 DPUs, NVIDIA DOCA and the NVIDIA Morpheus AI cybersecurity framework, part of the NVIDIA AI Enterprise. This combination enables real-time threat detection, empowering cybersecurity professionals to respond swiftly at the edge and across networks.
Unlike conventional solutions that depend on intrusive methods or software agents, BlueField-3 DPUs function as a virtual security overlay. They inspect network traffic and safeguard host integrity without disrupting operations. Acting as embedded sensors within each server, they stream telemetry data to NVIDIA Morpheus, enabling detailed monitoring of host activities, network traffic and application behaviors — seamlessly and without operational impact.
Driving Cybersecurity Innovation Across Industries
Integrating Armis Centrix, Armis’ AI-powered cyber exposure management platform, with NVIDIA cybersecurity AI helps secure critical infrastructure like energy, manufacturing, healthcare and transportation.
“OT environments are increasingly targeted by sophisticated cyber threats, requiring robust solutions that ensure both security and operational continuity,” said Nadir Izrael, chief technology officer and cofounder of Armis. “Combining Armis’ unmatched platform for OT security and cyber exposure management with NVIDIA BlueField-3 DPUs enables organizations to comprehensively protect cyber-physical systems without disrupting operations.”
CrowdStrike is helping secure critical infrastructure such as ICS and OT by deploying its CrowdStrike Falcon security agent on BlueField-3 DPUs to boost real-time AI-powered threat detection and response.
“OT environments are under increasing threat, demanding AI-powered security that adapts in real time,” said Raj Rajamani, head of products at CrowdStrike. “By integrating NVIDIA BlueField-3 DPUs with the CrowdStrike Falcon platform, we’re extending industry-leading protection to critical infrastructure without disrupting operations — delivering unified protection at the edge and helping organizations stay ahead of modern threats.”
Deloitte is driving customers’ digital transformation, enabled by NVIDIA’s cybersecurity AI platform, to help meet the demands of breakthrough technologies that require real-time, granular visibility into data center networks to defend against increasingly sophisticated threats.
“Protecting OT and ICS systems is becoming increasingly challenging as organizations embrace digital transformation and interconnected technologies,” said Dmitry Dudorov, an AI security leader at Deloitte U.K. “Harnessing NVIDIA’s cybersecurity AI platform can enable organizations to determine threat detection, enhance resilience and safeguard their infrastructure to accelerate their efforts.”
A Safer Future, Powered by AI
NVIDIA’s cybersecurity AI platform, combined with the expertise of ecosystem partners, offers a powerful and scalable solution to protect critical infrastructure environments against evolving threats. Bringing NVIDIA AI and accelerated computing to the forefront of OT security can help organizations protect what matters most — now and in the future.
