Honeywell acquires Nextnine Ltd

Nextnine will be integrated into Honeywell’s Industrial Cyber Security group and will strengthen the company’s capability to offer multi-vendor, multi-site secure remote access, monitoring and support to protect industrial control systems and critical infrastructure against a growing threat of cyber attacks.

Jeff Zindel, Vice President and General Manager of Honeywell’s Industrial Cyber Security business unit, said: “The addition of Nextnine’s technologies and talented employees enhances Honeywell’s position to deliver enterprise-wide, end-to-end industrial cyber security solutions that reduce cyber security risks, improve reliability, increase productivity and lower cost of operations to our combined customer base.”

Shmulik Aran, CEO of Nextnine, added: “Nextnine is joining a recognised global leader in industrial cyber security […] We will now be able to leverage Honeywell’s reach, network and managed security services offerings to grow the impact of our technology and to help more customers in a more holistic way.”

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