Cybersecurity provider Armisone of the main suppliers followed by ARC in the field of industrial cybersecurity, announced the acquisition of Silk Safety for $150 million. In a blog post from Armis CEO and co-founder Yevgeny Dibrov, one of the main reasons for this acquisition is to strengthen the capabilities of its AI-based Armis Centrix product for vulnerability prioritization and remediation. Silk Security brings additional functionality for things like automating risk identification, prioritization and remediation. According to Dibrov, “the acquisition of Silk Security aligns perfectly with Armis’ strategy of offering end-to-end exposure management solutions capable of monitoring and managing all assets and devices across the digital footprint. of an organization, from ground to cloud. For eight years, Armis has built its AI-powered Armis Centrix platform to encompass all facets of cyber threat exposure management, including asset discovery and management, early threat detection, discovery vulnerabilities, prioritization and now, remediation.
Cybersecurity vendors are increasingly using AI to automate tasks that would otherwise require a significant amount of work from humans. End users are inundated with cybersecurity alarms and alerts. With the influx of cloud computing and IoT, the amount of incoming data is increasing exponentially. Earlier this year, Armis acquired CTCIwhich boosted the company’s “early warning capabilities with AI-driven insights gleaned from dark web activity, dynamic honeypots, and strategic intelligence gathering.”
Armis anticipates that the acquisition of Silk Security will “streamline the remediation process in the face of the deluge of security discoveries they face daily.” With a focus on prioritization, automation, remediation and traceability, Armis Centrix provides organizations with the tools needed to quickly mitigate any security discovery. » and efficiently, enabling continued risk reduction as well as improved compliance and security.
