Honeywell signs definitive agreement to acquire Nextnine

霍尼韋爾簽署最終協(xié)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(xié)議，Nextnine是一家私營的工業(yè)網(wǎng)絡(luò)安全管理解決方案和技術(shù)供應(yīng)商。Nextnine安全解決方案及安全的遠(yuǎn)程服務(wù)功能的加入，將加強(qiáng)霍尼韋爾現(xiàn)有的創(chuàng)新網(wǎng)絡(luò)安全技術(shù)，霍尼韋爾互聯(lián)工廠網(wǎng)絡(luò)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(shù)ICS Shield保護(hù)工業(yè)生產(chǎn)設(shè)施免受網(wǎng)絡(luò)安全攻擊，并對資產(chǎn)進(jìn)行遠(yuǎn)程監(jiān)控。ICS Shield解決方案已應(yīng)用于全球6200多個(gè)生產(chǎn)基地，遍及石油天然氣、公用事業(yè)、化工、采礦和制造業(yè)，將進(jìn)一步擴(kuò)充霍尼韋爾廣泛的網(wǎng)絡(luò)安全產(chǎn)品組合。此前，每個(gè)控制系統(tǒng)供應(yīng)商都必須單獨(dú)部署ICS Shield，導(dǎo)致在同一個(gè)客戶站點(diǎn)上會(huì)出現(xiàn)多個(gè)單獨(dú)的安裝。通過此次收購，客戶將能部署和運(yùn)行單一的系統(tǒng)，憑借霍尼韋爾成熟的多供應(yīng)商解決方案來簡化和更好地保護(hù)整個(gè)站點(diǎn)。

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(fēng)險(xiǎn)投資基金、XT Hi-Tech以及其他多個(gè)知名投資者共同出資設(shè)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(yè)設(shè)施和關(guān)鍵基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施的網(wǎng)絡(luò)攻擊事件的數(shù)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(bǔ)充說：“此次收購表明我們始終致力于為客戶提供全面的網(wǎng)絡(luò)安全解決方案，保護(hù)和維護(hù)他們的工業(yè)控制系統(tǒng)和過程控制網(wǎng)絡(luò)。霍尼韋爾廣泛的全球布局，將幫助Nextnine技術(shù)服務(wù)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(lián)工廠項(xiàng)目的關(guān)鍵組成部分，結(jié)合霍尼韋爾無以倫比的行業(yè)知識、軟件和數(shù)字技術(shù)，使客戶的運(yùn)營比以往任何時(shí)候都更可靠、更盈利、更安全。網(wǎng)絡(luò)安全是其中極為重要的一部分。