Leonardo, Siemens Join Forces To Protect Industrial Infrastructures From Cyber Threat

Leonardo S.P.A. FINMY FINMF collaborated with Siemens AG SIEGY SMAWF Siemens Digital Industries to offer advanced cybersecurity solutions for IT and OT technologies (Information Technology and Operational Technology) for digital, secure, connected, and integrated industrial infrastructures.
The partnership will concern resilience against accidents and cyber attacks to automation and connectivity systems that monitor and supervise critical infrastructure assets, equipment, and processes.
The collaboration between Leonardo and Siemens will allow for complete protection from threat intelligence, the detection of cyber threats to OT infrastructures, to their defense, both with attack monitoring and management services based on the experience of Leonardo's Global Security Operation Center, with the integration of Siemens technological systems of products for the prevention and response to incidents concerning individual connected devices (endpoint protection).
"Thanks to this agreement, Leonardo and Siemens can create new synergies based on complementary technologies and skills, with the aim of jointly developing solutions capable of responding more effectively to the growing cybernetic challenges in the industrial and energy sector," said Alessandro Profumo, Leonardo's CEO.
Leonardo is among the top world players in Aerospace, Defence, and Security and Italy's main industrial company with a significant industrial presence in Italy, the U.K., Poland, and the U.S.
Siemens Digital Industries (DI) is an innovation leader in automation and digitalization.
Price Action: FINMY shares closed lower by 0.25% at $5.98 on Wednesday.

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