The alliance, which includes industry heavyweights like Schneider Electric, Honeywell, and Chevron, focuses on standardizing operational technology security through collaborative knowledge sharing. Agilicus plans to contribute its expertise in secure remote access and identity management to address vulnerabilities in SCADA environments and other critical systems. By aligning its AnyX platform with the 62443 series, the firm seeks to simplify the implementation of least-privilege access and network segmentation.

Don Bowman, CEO and founder of Agilicus, noted that the collaboration will specifically target emerging challenges, including AI-driven threats and compliance requirements such as NERC CIP. For the International Society of Automation, the addition of a cloud-native provider represents a strategic effort to modernize the defense of industrial networks, ensuring that security measures keep pace with the increasing connectivity of operational environments.