The Operational Technology Cybersecurity Coalition (OTCC) and VulnCheck announced on Tuesday that VulnCheck has joined the coalition as its newest member, expanding efforts to strengthen the cybersecurity of operational technology (OT) environments and protect critical infrastructure as threats targeting industrial control systems and network-edge devices continue to increase.
“Operational technology environments face increasingly sophisticated and persistent threats,” said Tatyana Bolton, executive director at the OTCC. “Adding VulnCheck’s exploit intelligence capabilities strengthens the coalition’s collective ability to inform data-driven public policy discussions and support organizations responsible for securing critical infrastructure.”
“There is growing urgency within the critical infrastructure segment to modernize how we prioritize and address potential software vulnerabilities,” said Arun Chetty, vice president at National Grid Partners. “It’s clear that attackers are moving faster than defenders can triage flaws, and VulnCheck provides continuously updated intelligence at machine speed and with more precision than any other organization we’ve seen. VulnCheck’s contribution to the OTCC’s efforts in safeguarding critical infrastructure will enrich the global intelligence ecosystem.”
The OTCC focuses on improving OT security and advancing policies that strengthen critical infrastructure resilience. Representing the entire OT lifecycle, the OT Cyber Coalition believes that the strongest, most effective approach to securing our nation’s critical infrastructure is one that is open, vendor-neutral, and allows for diverse solutions and information sharing without compromising cybersecurity defenses.
VulnCheck delivers threat intelligence solutions that power cybersecurity products and critical response workflows used to protect the global economy, critical infrastructure, enterprises and governments. By joining OTCC, VulnCheck strengthens the group’s ability to ground policy discussions and infrastructure defense strategies in current threat activity.
“Network-edge devices, particularly in OT environments, are among the most highly targeted assets,” said Anthony Bettini, founder and CEO, VulnCheck. “Greater visibility into exploited flaws and active threats is essential to helping defenders reduce risk in critical infrastructure environments. Through OTCC membership, we can help ensure policymakers and operators have access to timely, actionable exploit intelligence that reflects real-world activity.”
VulnCheck provides machine-readable exploit intelligence to help organizations identify and prioritize vulnerabilities that pose an active risk. Its platform analyzes first-party evidence of exploitation and reviews more than 500 million records across all known CVEs from over 500 sources to surface actionable intelligence.
Data sources are refreshed multiple times per day, providing updated context on threat actor activity, ransomware associations and publicly available exploit proof-of-concept code. Automating this analysis removes operational bottlenecks and enables security teams to respond more quickly to emerging threats.
