{"url":"https://newsforagent.com/news/2026-10-20/industrial-defender-cip-015-network-monitoring","markdown_url":"https://newsforagent.com/news/2026-10-20/industrial-defender-cip-015-network-monitoring.md","title":"Industrial Defender Adds CIP-015 Network Monitoring","headline":"Industrial Defender Releases Platform Version With Internal Network Security Monitoring and Risk Signal","description":"Industrial Defender released a platform version adding internal network security monitoring and Risk Signal for NERC CIP-015 compliance and patch prioritization.","section":"Product Launches","published_at":"2026-10-20T17:15:14+00:00","modified_at":"2026-10-20T17:15:14+00:00","author":"News Desk","key_takeaways":["Industrial Defender released a new version of its OT cybersecurity platform adding internal network security monitoring and Risk Signal.","The FERC-approved NERC CIP-015-1 standard requires entities with high and medium impact BES Cyber Systems to monitor internal network traffic and retain the resulting data.","Industrial Defender will demonstrate the new capabilities at GridSecCon 2026 in Orlando."],"companies":[{"name":"Industrial Defender","is_primary":true,"profile_url":"https://akta.pro/company-profiles/0006zlq/industrial-defender","website":"https://www.industrialdefender.com"}],"source":{"publisher":"PR Newswire","title":"Industrial Defender Unifies Endpoint Intelligence and Network Monitoring for CIP-015, Adds Risk Signal™ to Turn Findings into Prioritized Patch Plans","url":"https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/industrial-defender-unifies-endpoint-intelligence-and-network-monitoring-for-cip-015-adds-risk-signal-to-turn-findings-into-prioritized-patch-plans-302914400.html"},"other_sources":[],"tags":["Product Launches","Industrial Defender"],"body_markdown":"Industrial Defender released a new version of its OT cybersecurity platform on October 20, 2026, adding internal network security monitoring and Risk Signal, which converts findings into prioritized patch playbooks. The release targets NERC CIP-015 compliance and will be demonstrated at GridSecCon 2026, [PR Newswire](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/industrial-defender-unifies-endpoint-intelligence-and-network-monitoring-for-cip-015-adds-risk-signal-to-turn-findings-into-prioritized-patch-plans-302914400.html) reported.\n\n## What the New Platform Version Does\n\n[Industrial Defender](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/0006zlq/industrial-defender) built the INSM solution into its existing platform. The company said the solution learns each device's baseline communications and flags deviations such as new connections, unexpected protocols, anomalous traffic volume and unknown devices communicating.\n\nEach anomaly is correlated with the asset data Industrial Defender maintains, including configuration changes, vulnerabilities and risk score, so operators understand immediately what a network change means to operations. Every review decision is captured with reviewer, timestamp and rationale, creating audit-ready evidence mapped to CIP-015 requirements.\n\n\"Network monitoring tells you something changed. Our customers need to know what that change means and what to do next,\" said George Kalavantis, Chief Executive Officer, Industrial Defender.\n\nRisk Signal builds on each customer's existing risk model. The company said it identifies the patches and upgrades that deliver the greatest risk reduction for the least operational effort, then packages them into prioritized playbooks that publish directly into existing work-management systems. After remediation, Risk Signal verifies each patch was applied and updates the asset's risk score.\n\n\"The latest version of our trusted platform connects network activity with the asset intelligence we've engineered for two decades, and Risk Signal turns that insight into a defensible plan,\" Kalavantis said.\n\n## Industrial Defender's Distribution Partnerships\n\nAccording to akta.pro [company records](https://akta.pro/company-data), Industrial Defender announced a strategic partnership with KYrON in April 2026 to expand distribution and customer coverage in the French critical infrastructure market. The same records show a channel partnership with CyberKnight formed in April 2025 to distribute the Industrial Defender platform across the Middle East, Turkey and Africa region.\n\nIndustrial Defender's platform integrates with more than 200 systems via APIs for data sharing with SIEM, SOAR, CMDB and other enterprise tools, the same records show. The records also list 10 of the top 25 power utilities in North America as customers.\n\n## Earlier Partnerships for Industrial Defender\n\nIn August 2026, Fortress Information Security and Industrial Defender announced an integrated solution to prepare OT environments for AI-speed vulnerability discovery, PR Newswire reported.\n\nIn July 2026, Industrial Defender announced a distribution partnership with COMPUTER 2000 Bulgaria to expand access to its cybersecurity platform across Southeastern Europe, PR Newswire reported. [Third News](https://akta.pro/news-signals) reported the same month that the partnership covers critical infrastructure operators in Bulgaria, Romania and Serbia.\n\n## GridSecCon 2026 Demonstration\n\nIndustrial Defender will demonstrate the INSM and Risk Signal capabilities at GridSecCon 2026 in Orlando, the company said.\n","publisher":{"name":"News for Agent","url":"https://newsforagent.com"}}