GE buys medical cyber security expert

GE is to buy Wurldtech, a cyber security solutions company. The move will help GE to help protect critical infrastructure and advance its cyber security efforts globally. One of Wurldtech’s areas of expertise is medical devices.

Wurldtech will remain independent as an infrastructure cyber security company looking to secure valuable targets incuding medtech.

According to Wurldtech, traditional information technology (IT) approaches for securing systems and data are challenging when applied to the operations technology (OT) world. The company’s solutions offer a strategic approach to cyber security that help to better protect the OT that connects people, data and machines - maximizing system uptime and mitigating exposure to vulnerabilities. This acquisition will help to enhance the reliability of Industrial Internet operations.
 

“The world of OT security needs to be foundationally different from traditional IT detection systems. Securing connected machines has a unique set of complexities that are very different from protecting a datacenter,” said Bill Ruh, vice president, GE Software. “At GE, we are focused on software platform security, protecting critical infrastructure and helping to ensure the reliability of Industrial Internet operationsfor our customers and industries. The acquisition of Wurldtech is a perfect fit for addressing all of these big challenges.”

"We are excited about the opportunity to be part of GE and continuing to develop our strategy to provide best in class cyber security protection solutions for critical infrastructure markets,” said Wurldtech ceo, Neil McDonnell. “We look forward to accelerating key programs as we advance cyber security for system operators and device manufacturers across the industry.”