Dragos Unveils AI Assistant to Bolster Cybersecurity in Operational Technology Environments

Dragos, a leader in cybersecurity for operational technology (OT) environments, recently announced EmberAI, an artificial intelligence assistant specifically developed for critical industrial infrastructure. Launched to address the growing complexities of OT security, EmberAI integrates over a decade of Dragos's proprietary threat intelligence, incident response data, and telemetry from industrial control systems worldwide. Unlike general-purpose AI tools, EmberAI is "OT-native," meaning it is deeply contextualized for the unique challenges of industrial operations, which include protecting power grids, manufacturing plants, water systems, and pipelines. The system is designed to empower security analysts by providing immediate access to specialized intelligence, enabling them to understand their OT environments, triage vulnerabilities, and map threat intelligence to specific assets using natural language queries. EmberAI aims to streamline workflows, allowing analysts to prioritize threats based on operational impact and accelerate incident response times dramatically. A core principle of EmberAI is maintaining human oversight; every recommendation is transparent, auditable, and customer data remains within the customer's controlled environment, ensuring the analyst retains final decision-making authority. This "human-in-the-loop" approach is crucial for critical infrastructure where human judgment and expertise are irreplaceable. The platform's continuous expansion through a skills library and deeper workflow integration promises more proactive insights and automation for OT defense.