Corsha, vendor of Machine Identity Provider (mIDP) purpose-built to secure machine-to-machine (M2M) communication across operational systems and critical infrastructure, introduced on Wednesday a partnership and new platform integration with Dragos Inc., a vendor of operational technology (OT) cybersecurity. Together, Corsha and Dragos are transforming how organizations secure industrial systems by combining machine identity and threat detection to give security teams complete visibility, precise control, and a trusted foundation for Zero Trust in OT.
As operational networks grow more complex and connected, the stakes for securing them have never been higher. Every new machine, sensor, or autonomous system introduced into production environments expands the attack surface, and too often these devices communicate without authentication or accountability. At the same time, adversaries are leveling up to exploit those unseen connections, using trusted but unverified machine traffic to move laterally and evade detection.
Achieving Zero Trust for OT requires more than network visibility or perimeter defenses; it demands continuous verification of every machine and every action. By combining Corsha’s automated machine identity and continuous authentication with Dragos’ deep industrial threat intelligence, organizations can now ensure every machine communication is identity-verified, and that threats are detected, contained, and remediated before they disrupt operations.
“Machine-to-machine communication has become the backbone of modern operational systems, yet it remains one of the least protected layers of the OT environment,” said Anusha Iyer, CEO and founder of Corsha. “By integrating our machine identity platform with Dragos’ threat detection platform, we are giving organizations the ability to continuously verify every connection and act on identity-driven intelligence in real time. This partnership brings Zero Trust for OT to life, strengthening resilience, accelerating response in real time, and securing the core of how critical industrial systems connect.”
“Securing OT environments requires both deep visibility into threats and confidence in every machine connection, and integrating Corsha’s machine identity platform with the Dragos Platform gives customers context to act with speed and confidence,” said Dan Dorchinsky, VP Public Sector, Dragos Inc. “By combining Corsha’s machine identity with Dragos’s deep industrial monitoring and visibility, asset discovery, risk-based vulnerability management, and threat detection, we are helping organizations strengthen their defenses and operational resilience.”
The Corsha and Dragos integration unite two complementary layers of OT defense: continuous machine identity from Corsha and advanced threat detection from Dragos. Through a direct integration, the two platforms work together to give organizations comprehensive visibility, trust, and control over their operational environments.
The integration between Dragos and Corsha aims to prevent unauthorized and unusually risky machine communications by combining their core strengths. Dragos provides deep visibility to detect anomalies and threats across ICS and OT networks, while Corsha enables identity-driven microsegmentation to ensure that only verified machines can initiate or maintain connections. Together, they help prevent unauthorized machine activity, reducing the risk of lateral movement, ransomware incidents, and supply chain compromise.
The joint solution also strengthens Zero Trust across OT environments by combining Dragos’ real-time asset visibility and threat detection with Corsha’s dynamic machine identity and policy-based microsegmentation and access controls. This integration allows organizations to move beyond detection and into active enforcement of trusted communications, particularly for non-human connections.
By adding machine identity context to Dragos’ high-fidelity detections, Corsha enhances the intelligence surrounding trusted communications and improves incident response efficiency through automated enforcement. Security teams gain clearer, more actionable insights that accelerate investigation and response across OT environments.
The integration also advances the SANS Five ICS Critical Controls by introducing machine identity into the framework. Through the Dragos integration, Corsha’s Machine Identity and Access Control Platform (mIDP) supports the Defensible Architecture guidelines by continuously verifying and authenticating machine-to-machine communications. This ensures strict network boundaries across industrial environments and establishes layered defenses that are resilient, auditable, and aligned with industry best practices.
Together Corsha and Dragos enable organizations to achieve Zero Trust for OT by validating every connection, enriching detections with machine-level identity, and dynamically controlling access based on risk. This combined capability helps organizations more quickly identify malicious activity, contain incidents, and maintain safe, continuous operations in the most demanding industrial environments.