Nvidia (NVDA) has partnered with Palo Alto Networks (PANW), Akamai (AKAM) and others to provide artificial intelligence-powered cybersecurity for operational technology and industrial control systems.
Other partners include Siemens (SIEGY), Forescout and Xage Security.
“These efforts represent a fundamental shift in OT and ICS cybersecurity, where security is embedded into and distributed across infrastructure, enforced at the edge and coordinated through centralized, AI-driven intelligence, bringing modern cybersecurity to the systems that keep the physical world running,” Nvidia said.
In particular, Siemens and Palo Alto Networks will embed security into industrial automation running on Nvidia’s BlueField DPUs, or data processing units. These are specialized, programmable processors that offload, accelerate, and isolate data center tasks like networking, security, and storage from a host CPU.
Akamai has also extended its Guardicore Platform to run on Nvidia BlueField to provide the ability to isolate applications, devices, or workloads into tightly controlled security zones and to enforce zero-trust policies directly at the edge.
Xage Security will work with Nvidia to provide enhanced cybersecurity for the energy sector, ranging from midstream infrastructure to utilities.
“Xage already protects about 60% of U.S. midstream pipeline infrastructure and works with utilities and energy operators worldwide,” Nvidia said. “By combining Xage’s distributed, identity-based security platform with NVIDIA BlueField, operators can protect energy assets, manage third-party access and secure AI-driven operations at scale without compromising performance, reliability or resilience.”