Honeywell signs definitive agreement to acquire Nextnine

霍尼韋爾簽署最終協議收購Nextnine

June 16, 2017 – Honeywell announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to purchase Nextnine, a privately held provider of security management solutions and technologies for industrial cyber security. The addition of Nextnine’s security solutions and secure remote service capabilities will enhance the Company’s existing range of cyber security technologies and significantly increase the company's Connected Plant cyber security customer base.

6月16日消息——霍尼韋爾宣布已簽訂收購Nextnine公司的最終協議，Nextnine是一家私營的工業網絡安全管理解決方案和技術供應商。Nextnine安全解決方案及安全的遠程服務功能的加入，將加強霍尼韋爾現有的創新網絡安全技術，霍尼韋爾互聯工廠網絡安全解決方案的客戶群也將顯著增加。。

Nextnine’s flagship technology, ICS Shield, protects industrial sites from cyber security attacks and enables remote monitoring of assets. It complements Honeywell’s cyber security portfolio with a solution that is used at more than 6,200 sites globally across the oil and gas, utility, chemical, mining and manufacturing sectors. Previously, ICS Shield had to be deployed separately for each control system vendor, resulting in multiple and separate installations at a single customer site.With this acquisition, customers will be able to deploy and operate a single system, thereby simplifying and better securing their entire site with Honeywell's proven capability to provide multi-vendor solutions.

Nextnine的旗艦技術ICS Shield保護工業生產設施免受網絡安全攻擊，并對資產進行遠程監控。ICS Shield解決方案已應用于全球6200多個生產基地，遍及石油天然氣、公用事業、化工、采礦和制造業，將進一步擴充霍尼韋爾廣泛的網絡安全產品組合。此前，每個控制系統供應商都必須單獨部署ICS Shield，導致在同一個客戶站點上會出現多個單獨的安裝。通過此次收購，客戶將能部署和運行單一的系統，憑借霍尼韋爾成熟的多供應商解決方案來簡化和更好地保護整個站點。

Founded in 1998, Nextnine has been backed to date by Infinity VC, XT Hi-Tech and several other prominent investors.

Nextnine成立于1998年，由英飛尼迪風險投資基金、XT Hi-Tech以及其他多個知名投資者共同出資設立。

"Each day, the number of attempted cyberattacks on industrial facilities and critical infrastructure around the world increases," said Vimal Kapur, president, Honeywell Process Solutions.

“每天，對全球工業設施和關鍵基礎設施的網絡攻擊事件的數量都在增加。“霍尼韋爾過程控制部總裁Vimal Kapur表示。

"This acquisition shows our ongoing commitment to providing our customers with a comprehensive portfolio of cyber security solutions to protect and defend their industrial control systems and process control networks. Honeywell's extensive global reach will increase Nextnine's availability to a broader range of customers," added Kapur.

Vimal Kapur補充說：“此次收購表明我們始終致力于為客戶提供全面的網絡安全解決方案，保護和維護他們的工業控制系統和過程控制網絡?；裟犴f爾廣泛的全球布局，將幫助Nextnine技術服務更大范圍的客戶。”

Nextnine's security solutions also will be a key enabler of Honeywell Connected Plant, which combines Honeywell's unmatched industrial expertise, software and digital technologies to make its customers' operations more reliable, profitable and secure than ever before possible. Cyber security is a critical part of that programme.

Nextnine的安全解決方案也是霍尼韋爾互聯工廠項目的關鍵組成部分，結合霍尼韋爾無以倫比的行業知識、軟件和數字技術，使客戶的運營比以往任何時候都更可靠、更盈利、更安全。網絡安全是其中極為重要的一部分。