Dragos Acquires Net Rise and run Zero: What's Next for xOT Security
Summary: Dragos acquired NetRise and runZero, coinciding with the close of Accenture's majority investment in Dragos, and CEO Robert M. Lee was elevated to chairman of the board in addition to CEO. runZero, led by HD Moore, brings exposure management across IT, IoT, and OT, while NetRise, founded by Thomas Pace and Michael Scott, looks inside software on OT devices to find hidden vulnerabilities; Dragos earlier this year acquired Phosphorus for automated discovery and remediation.
Why it matters: Dragos frames its expanded xOT scope around state-backed actors growing more capable and less sophisticated actors using AI, and it is putting new capital behind that bet with over 100 open positions, most in R&D. The consolidation puts asset exposure, device software inspection, and remediation under one platform, so the question for defenders is whether their current tooling covers the cloud-connected systems that influence physical processes but sit outside traditional OT boundaries.
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