Start-Up Claroty Has Eye On Industrial Control System Threats

Claroty, an Israel-based startup that evolved from security units of the Israeli military and Team8, emerged from stealth with $32M in funding and a platform to unify OT and IT monitoring for industrial control systems (ICS/SCADA). The product passively monitors ICS traffic, models protocols (including legacy systems), builds behavioral baselines, and applies deep packet inspection and analytics to detect anomalies; the article positions this offering against a backdrop of increasing ICS vulnerability disclosures and notable attacks on critical infrastructure.