Nvidia partnerships with Akamai, Forescout, Palo Alto Networks, Siemens and Xage Security are aimed at delivering AI-powered security for OT environments and industrial control systems.
Nvidia has extended its collaborations with a handful of security vendors in an effort to improve real-time threat detection and response across operational technology (OT) environments and industrial control systems (ICS).
“Many of these systems were originally designed for reliability and longevity, not for today’s threat techniques,” wrote Itay Ozery, director of product marketing for networking at Nvidia, in a blog post about the news.
Nvidia’s collaborations with Akamai, Forescout, Palo Alto Networks, Siemens and Xage Security are aimed at bringing accelerated computing and AI to OT cybersecurity, according to Ozery. “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,” he wrote.
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Nvidia announced the news at the S4x26 OT and ICS security conference.
The joint efforts will use Nvidia’s BlueField DPUs, which can directly handle security workloads, offloading those tasks from local host CPUs, and can enforce identity-based access, micro-segmentation and workload policies, according to Nvidia.
Here are some details of each collaborator’s plans to protect critical infrastructure:
Akamai extends its micro-segmentation and zero-trust security platform Guardicore to run on Nvidia BlueField GPUs
The integration offloads user-configurable security processes from the host system to the Nvidia BlueField DPU and enables zero-trust segmentation without requiring software agents on fragile or legacy systems, according to Akamai. Organizations can implement this hardware-isolated, “agentless” security approach to help align with regulatory requirements and lower their risk profile for cyber insurance.
“It delivers deep, out-of-band visibility across systems, networks, and applications without disrupting operations. Security policies can be enforced in real time and are capable of creating a strong protective boundary around critical operational systems. The result is trusted insight into operational activity and improved overall cyber resilience,” according to Akamai.
Forescout works with Nvidia to bring zero-trust technology to OT networks
Forescout applies network segmentation to contain lateral movement and enforce zero-trust controls. The technology would be further integrated into partnership work already being done by the two companies. By running Forescout’s on-premises sensor directly on the Nvidia BlueField, part of Nvidia Cybersecurity AI platform, customers can offload intensive computing tasks, such as deep packet inspections. This speeds up data processing, enhances asset intelligence, and improves real-time monitoring, providing security teams with the insights needed to stay ahead of emerging threats, according to Forescout.
Palo Alto to demo Prisma AIRS AI Runtime Security on Nvidia BlueField DPU
Palo Alto Networks recently partnered with Nvidia to run its Prisma AI-powered Radio Security(AIRs) package on the Nvidia BlueField DPU and will show off the technology at the conference. The technology is part of the Nvidia Enterprise AI Factory validated design and can offer real-time security protection for industrial network settings.
“Prisma AIRS AI Runtime Security delivers deep visibility into industrial traffic and continuous monitoring for abnormal behavior. By running these security services on Nvidia BlueField, inspection and enforcement happen directly at the infrastructure level, closer to the workloads,” Palo Alto stated.
Siemens to demo Nvidia BlueField integration with its IT/OT platform
At the S4x26 security conference, Siemens said it will demonstrate its AI-ready Industrial Automation DataCenter, a platform that collects, stores, processes, and serves operational and automation data across industrial environments. The system integrates Nvidia BlueField devices for and integrated secure edge infrastructure made up of industrial OT workloads and the data center or cloud, according to Siemens.
Xage links its Fabric Platform with Nvidia BlueField
In another technology demonstration, Xage said it will show how its distributed, identity-based security system, Xage Fabric Platform, operates with Nvidia BlueField devices to help customers protect energy assets, manage third-party access and secure AI-driven operations.
“Xage applies least-privilege controls at every step of these interactions, governing not only which agents can access specific data, pipelines, or models, but also the exact actions agents can perform—and for how long,” the company wrote on its website. “With role-based segmentation running at line speed on BlueField, organizations can prevent unauthorized privilege escalation and data leakage and enforce policy-based privilege deescalation to block risky actions, ensuring that AI agents remain trustworthy and compliant as they scale and evolve.”
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