Industrial Defender

What Industrial Defender does

Industrial Defender, founded in 2006 and headquartered outside Boston, Massachusetts, is a private OT (Operational Technology) cybersecurity software vendor focused on critical infrastructure operators. Its core product is the Industrial Defender Platform, a unified solution that combines active and passive OT data collection within a single sensor to deliver asset visibility, configuration and change management, risk-based vulnerability management, and compliance reporting across 50+ international standards (including NERC CIP, NIST CSF, IEC 62443, NIS2, and regional frameworks such as Saudi Arabia's OTCC and Kuwait NCSC). Supporting offerings include the Immunity by ID scanless vulnerability module (using ML and NLP), the OTML Engine for threat detection, the Phoenix for SMBs standalone package, and the CopilOT managed service.

The company serves primarily enterprise customers in electric utilities, oil & gas, water/wastewater, critical manufacturing, and US Government, with named customers including Xcel Energy, multiple Fortune 500 utilities, chemical, and oil & gas companies, and claims 10 of the top 25 North American power utilities as clients. Industrial Defender monetizes primarily through annual subscription licensing for the platform and individual modules, supplemented by professional services for implementation and the CopilOT managed service, with distribution via direct enterprise field sales and regional channel partners (CyberKnight for META, KYrON for France). The platform integrates with 200+ enterprise systems (Splunk, ServiceNow, IBM, BMC, SIEM, SOAR, IAM/PAM, threat intel platforms), and the company reports a 99% customer retention rate and material compliance efficiency gains (e.g., 85% reduction in NERC CIP reporting time).

Name

Industrial Defender

Legal name

Industrial Defender, Inc.

Website

https://industrialdefender.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Industrial Defender is a private OT cybersecurity software vendor, founded in 2006 and based near Boston, that provides a unified platform for asset visibility, vulnerability management, configuration monitoring, and compliance reporting to critical infrastructure operators in utilities, oil & gas, water, manufacturing, and government.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

OT Cybersecurity Software

NAICS

Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151), Security Systems Services (56162)

SIC

Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

OT Asset Discovery, Inventory & Vulnerability Management (HDADAJAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Control System Cybersecurity for OT (ICS Security, Monitoring, Hardening) (IMAGABAL), OT Threat Detection & Monitoring (NDR/IDS for ICS) (HDADAJAF), Vulnerability & Patch Management for OT Assets (EUADANAF), OT/ICS & Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity Services (BPAKAHAN), Managed OT Security Services (MSSP/MDR for ICS/OT) (HDADAJAN)

Keywords

• OT cybersecurity platform
• Industrial control systems security
• NERC CIP compliance
• OT asset management
• Vulnerability management software

Headquarters

HQ city

Foxboro

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Platform Software Subscription: Subscription-based licensing for the Industrial Defender Platform with modular components. Customers can purchase the full platform or individual modules (Illuminate, Immunity) as standalone solutions. Core components can also be individually licensed based on customer needs.
2. Professional Services: Implementation, deployment, training, commissioning, and ongoing support services. Includes CopilOT managed service to augment customer security teams.
3. Channel/Reseller Revenue: Revenue generated through channel partners like CyberKnight (META region) and KYrON (France) who resell and implement the platform in their respective markets.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Industrial Defender provides a unified OT cybersecurity platform that delivers operationally safe active and passive OT data collection to give critical infrastructure operators comprehensive asset visibility, configuration and change management, risk-based vulnerability management, and automated compliance reporting across 50+ international standards including NERC CIP, NIST CSF, IEC 62443, NIS2, and OTCC. The platform is complemented by standalone offerings such as Immunity by ID (scanless cloud-based vulnerability management using ML and NLP), Phoenix for SMBs, and the CopilOT managed service, with integrations to 200+ enterprise systems via APIs.

Product overview

Industrial Defender offers a unified OT cybersecurity platform combining asset visibility, asset management, vulnerability management, security monitoring, and compliance reporting in a single integrated solution. The core Industrial Defender Platform delivers operationally safe active and passive OT data collection with AI-powered risk-based vulnerability prioritization. Supporting products include Phoenix for SMBs and Illuminate (standalone components), Immunity by ID (scanless cloud-based vulnerability management using ML and NLP), and CopilOT managed service. The solution integrates with enterprise tools via 200+ integrations including SIEM (Splunk), SOAR, CMDB (ServiceNow, IBM, BMC), and supports compliance reporting for 50+ international standards including NERC CIP, NIST CSF, IEC 62443, NIS2, and regional frameworks.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Industrial Defender Platform: The main OT cybersecurity platform offering asset visibility, vulnerability management, configuration management, and compliance reporting.
• Phoenix for SMBs
• CopilOT Service
• Immunity by ID
• DefenderSphere
• OTML Engine

Products and services

• Industrial Defender Platform Unified OT cybersecurity platform combining comprehensive asset visibility, asset management, vulnerability management, security monitoring, and compliance reporting in a single integrated UI. Provides operationally safe active and passive OT data collection, risk-based vulnerability prioritization, and automated compliance reporting across 50+ international standards.
• OT Asset Management Comprehensive OT asset identification, inventory, and management solution providing rich metadata including configuration states, firmware versions, user accounts, and running services for actionable security and compliance data, combining active and passive collection methodologies in a single sensor.
• Configuration & Change Management Enables OT teams to manage configuration rules and monitor for changes in asset configurations including OS details, software and patches, ports and services, firewall rules, user accounts, and NICs. Tracks configuration states, detects changes in real time, and establishes baselines.
• Policy Compliance Policy management and compliance automation solution providing built-in reports for 50+ international standards including NERC CIP, NIST CSF, IEC 62443, NIS2, OTCC, and other regional frameworks.
• Vulnerability Management Risk-based vulnerability management delivering accurate, complete, and continuously updated view of known vulnerabilities across OT environments, with AI-assisted prioritization using CVSS scores, threat intelligence, and asset criticality.
• Immunity by ID Scanless, cloud-based vulnerability management offering that leverages machine learning and natural language processing to create a prioritized list of vulnerabilities using existing asset inventory information.
• Phoenix for SMBs Standalone OT cybersecurity offering designed for small and medium-sized organizations, providing core OT asset visibility and security capabilities in a simplified deployment package.
• CopilOT Service Managed service offering that augments customer security teams by providing hosted CopilOT service to help manage OT cybersecurity operations.
• IT-OT Integration Lab Virtual proof-of-concept environment enabling rapid, realistic evaluations of the Industrial Defender Platform at lower cost than traditional proof-of-concept, including OT security 101 training sessions and R&D capabilities.

Quantifiable outcome

• 85% reduction in compliance reporting time (5 hours to 45 minutes)
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration10 records

AI capability6 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• KYrONcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 17 April 2026Strategic partnership to strengthen industrial cybersecurity across France. KYrON provides local expertise and market access in the French market for critical infrastructure operators. Partnership announced April 2026.
• CyberKnightcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 28 April 2025Channel partnership covering the META (Middle East, Turkey, Africa) region. CyberKnight distributes and resells Industrial Defender's OT cybersecurity platform to enhance OT security resilience across the region. Partnership leverages CyberKnight's regional expertise and customer relationships in critical infrastructure sectors.
• SplunkcoreTechnology or IntegrationTechnology integration partnership with Splunk. Industrial Defender for Splunk app delivers security events with deep asset context to Splunk users. Maps to Splunk Common Information Model (CIM) and OT Security Add-on. The integration increases effectiveness of using Splunk in OT environments by providing contextual asset information including location, criticality, vulnerabilities, and owner contact details.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Direct peers

• Claroty: Claroty provides OT security platforms (Continuous Threat Detection, Secure Remote Access, Asset Discovery) widely deployed across industrial and healthcare environments. It competes head-to-head with Industrial Defender in critical infrastructure asset visibility, vulnerability management, and compliance use cases.
• Dragos: Dragos is a specialist OT cybersecurity vendor offering the Dragos Platform for asset discovery, vulnerability management, and threat detection, plus incident response and OT Watch services. It is a primary direct competitor to Industrial Defender in North American utility and industrial accounts.
• Tenable OT Security: Tenable OT Security (built on Indegy) offers OT asset discovery, vulnerability management, and threat detection integrated with Tenable's broader exposure management platform. It overlaps directly with Industrial Defender's asset management and vulnerability management offerings for industrial customers.
• Nozomi Networks: Nozomi Networks is a leading OT/IoT cybersecurity platform offering asset visibility, vulnerability management, and threat detection for critical infrastructure. It directly competes with Industrial Defender across utilities, oil & gas, and manufacturing customers with comparable asset-management and compliance-reporting capabilities.

Broad incumbents

• Cisco (Cyber Vision): Cisco Cyber Vision provides OT asset visibility, network segmentation, and threat detection integrated with Cisco's industrial networking portfolio. It competes with Industrial Defender at industrial sites that standardize on Cisco infrastructure.
• Fortinet (OT Security): Fortinet delivers OT security through its FortiGate, FortiNDR, and OT-aware networking portfolio, targeting the same industrial customers as Industrial Defender. It is a broad incumbent offering overlapping capabilities as part of a wider network security franchise.
• Microsoft Defender for IoT: Microsoft Defender for IoT (formerly CyberX) provides agentless OT/IoT asset discovery and threat detection integrated into the Microsoft security stack. As a broad incumbent, it competes with Industrial Defender for OT visibility buyers who prefer bundled enterprise security platforms.
• Honeywell Forge Cybersecurity: Honeywell Forge Cybersecurity offers OT asset management, secure remote access, and managed security services for industrial operators, leveraging Honeywell's deep installed base in process control. It is a broad incumbent that competes with Industrial Defender in oil & gas, chemicals, and manufacturing verticals.

Emerging players

• Armis: Armis offers an asset intelligence and security platform covering IT, OT, IoT, and medical devices with asset discovery, vulnerability management, and threat detection. It is an emerging player with meaningful overlap with Industrial Defender's OT asset management and vulnerability management capabilities.
• Mission Secure: Mission Secure provides OT cybersecurity solutions including the Mission Secure Platform for asset visibility, network monitoring, and incident response, primarily serving industrial and defense customers. It is an emerging player with overlapping capabilities but a narrower footprint than Industrial Defender.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/iDefend_ICS
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/industrial-defender-inc

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors2 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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