PRESS RELEASE
Shieldworkz and Acronis partner to deliver end-to-end cyber resilience for Operational Technology
Strategic technology partnership combines deep OT visibility, threat management and security intelligence with cyber protection, backup, and rapid recovery to help safeguard critical industrial environments.
Abu Dhabi/Schaffhausen, August 25, 2026, Shieldworkz, a provider of Operational Technology (OT) cybersecurity and compliance solutions, and Acronis, a global leader in cyber protection, have announced a strategic technology partnership to help industrial and critical infrastructure organizations strengthen their cyber resilience.
The collaboration brings together Shieldworkz's specialized OT asset visibility, security monitoring, threat intelligence, and regulatory compliance capabilities with Acronis's integrated cybersecurity, backup, and disaster recovery technologies. This partnership will help organizations protect critical OT environments, reduce the impact of cyber incidents, and accelerate recovery when disruption occurs.
As industrial environments become increasingly connected to enterprise IT, remote-access infrastructure, and cloud services, organizations face growing challenges in securing legacy OT systems while maintaining operational availability. Traditional IT security tools may lack the visibility required to discover OT assets and read proprietary protocols, while conventional backup approaches may not adequately address the recovery requirements of critical operational systems.
The partnership addresses this challenge by bringing OT security visibility and cyber resilience together across the protection, detection, response, and recovery lifecycle.
From OT visibility to cyber recovery
The combined solution enables industrial organizations to strengthen resilience across four key areas:
OT asset visibility and security monitoring
Shieldworkz provides specialized visibility into OT environments, helping organizations discover and understand assets such as SCADA systems, PLCs, RTUs, HMIs, engineering workstations, and other industrial infrastructure. Security teams can use this visibility to identify changes, secure OT environments, assess security posture, and support regulatory readiness.
Protection of critical industrial computing systems
Acronis provides integrated cybersecurity, endpoint protection, backup, and vulnerability-management capabilities designed to protect critical systems and data. Its Cyber Protect portfolio also includes capabilities specifically positioned for OT environments, including protection for industrial computing and recovery of systems at remote sites.
Rapid recovery following cyber incidents or system failure
When an OT-connected computing system is compromised or becomes unavailable, Acronis enables organizations to recover systems and data from protected recovery points, including bare-metal recovery and other recovery options. This provides an important resilience layer for industrial environments where prolonged system downtime can have significant operational consequences.
Security, compliance and recovery readiness
By connecting OT security visibility with cyber protection and recovery capabilities, organizations can establish a more comprehensive view of their security posture and recovery readiness. This can support security governance, regulatory assessments, business continuity planning, and incident-response preparedness.
Bridging OT security and cyber resilience
The partnership reflects a fundamental reality of modern industrial cybersecurity: preventing every cyber incident is not always possible. Organizations must also be prepared to recover safely and quickly when an incident occurs.
Shieldworkz addresses the OT-specific visibility and security challenge, while Acronis provides cyber protection and recovery capabilities across supported industrial computing environments.
The approach enables organizations to move beyond isolated security controls toward a lifecycle-based strategy for protecting critical operational environments and maintaining continuity following cyber incidents.
Building resilience across the OT lifecycle
Through the partnership, industrial organizations can strengthen their ability to:
Establish comprehensive visibility across OT and industrial computing environments
Identify security gaps and changes affecting critical assets
Strengthen protection against malware and ransomware
Protect critical systems and data through resilient backup
Improve recovery preparedness for cyber incidents and system failures
Support regulatory compliance and audit readiness
Reduce the operational and financial impact of prolonged downtime
Establish a more integrated approach to OT security and cyber recovery
