The battle to secure critical infrastructure just got a major upgrade. Today, Armis, a leader in cyber exposure management, announced that its Armis Centrix™ platform will integrate with NVIDIA BlueField-3 DPUs and, in the future, NVIDIA’s Morpheus AI framework—a move that promises to redefine how industrial control systems (ICS) and operational technology (OT) environments are protected.
This partnership isn’t just another cybersecurity update—it’s a fundamental shift in how security is embedded at the hardware level, providing proactive defense against sophisticated cyber threats while maintaining zero performance impact on operational systems.
Cyber-Physical Security: A Growing Crisis
Critical infrastructure—think power grids, water treatment plants, and manufacturing hubs—is increasingly interconnected, blending IT and OT systems in ways that create massive attack surfaces. Legacy security models struggle to keep up, leaving organizations vulnerable to everything from nation-state attacks to low-and-slow cyber intrusions that evade traditional defenses.
“From the convergence of IT and OT environments to sophisticated cyber threats targeting cyber-physical systems, organizations face growing challenges in securing attack surfaces and managing their cyber risk exposure,” said Nadir Izrael, CTO and Co-Founder at Armis.
That’s where the Armis-NVIDIA collaboration comes in.
The Hardware-Accelerated Cyber Defense Stack
At the core of this integration is NVIDIA’s BlueField-3 DPU, a data processing unit designed to offload security workloads from host systems, isolating threats before they can spread. Armis Centrix™, Armis’ cyber exposure management platform, will leverage AI-powered threat detection and deep packet inspection to secure both network and endpoint layers without disrupting operations.
Armis Centrix™, running on BlueField-3, delivers:
Real-time asset visibility across IT, OT, and IoT ecosystems.
Threat detection and mitigation without affecting system performance.
Isolation of security processes to prevent lateral movement from compromised IT networks to critical OT systems.
With this setup, industrial operators and critical infrastructure providers get an always-on cybersecurity layer that doesn’t slow down operations—a critical advantage in sectors where downtime is costly, if not outright dangerous.
“This integration with NVIDIA technologies extends the reach of Armis’ comprehensive, best-in-class platform for OT security and cyber exposure management so that more organizations can see, protect, and manage their critical assets with operational resiliency,” Izrael added.
The Future: AI-Powered Cybersecurity
While today’s announcement focuses on NVIDIA BlueField-3 DPUs, Armis is already looking ahead to integrating NVIDIA Morpheus, an AI-driven cybersecurity framework. This next step could bring predictive threat detection and automated response mechanisms to the platform, leveraging machine learning to spot anomalies before they escalate into breaches.
As cyberattacks on infrastructure become more automated, adaptive, and stealthy, AI-driven security will be a necessity—not a luxury.
“Securing critical infrastructure amid today’s dynamic threat landscape is more important than ever,” said Ofir Arkin, Senior Distinguished Architect for Cybersecurity at NVIDIA. “The NVIDIA cybersecurity AI platform allows innovators like Armis to develop breakthrough technologies for cyber exposure management and security, delivering a powerful, scalable, and flexible solution tailored to the needs of modern OT environments.”
Why This Matters
For years, security in OT environments has been a tradeoff between protection and performance. Traditional endpoint security approaches—built around agents and appliances—often introduce latency or operational friction. By embedding security at the hardware level, Armis and NVIDIA are eliminating that compromise.
This marks a major inflection point in the industry. As cyberattacks on infrastructure increase in frequency and severity, solutions like this one—where security is integrated directly into the compute layer—could become the de facto standard for protecting mission-critical systems.
Bottom line? Security isn’t just something you add anymore. It’s something that should be built into the foundation of how critical systems operate.