Sensify Security, a Palo Alto-based company that applies blockchain technology in cybersecurity for the Internet of Things (IoT), recently joined The Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC), the global, member-supported organization that promotes the accelerated growth of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT).

The company enables operators to control access between users, applications, control systems & sensor devices by hosting sophisticated information security services within their operating environments. Sensify says that its blockchain-based consensus protocol builds high levels of tamper-resistance into these services in conjunction with industrial-scale control of policies & compliance. The IIC membership will facilitate Sensify Security to collaborate with others and create industry standard security solutions.

"With our abilities of building ground-up cyber-defense capabilities in IoT operations, Sensify is committed to contributing – along with other IIC members – towards creating reference architectures & best practices for IoT security to empower operators across industry verticals to rise up to today's challenges of cyber-security," said Susanto Irwan, co-founder of Sensify Security.

According to the official release, Sensify protects heterogeneous IoT devices & applications against cyber-attacks by delivering decentralized information security services that are integrated with enterprise security. It provides identity, authentication and authorization services uniquely local to IoT devices and a consistent security service delivery that spans users, applications & control systems. It is deployed as a security gateway within operating environments and integrates with both TCP/IP & industrial networks.

Sensify leverages a blockchain-based consensus protocol for tamper-resistant & secure propagation of security services to IoT devices from the enterprise. This also protects against adversarial control of IoT devices. Sensify provides centralized control, policy management and compliance by closely integrating with the operator's existing enterprise security systems like Active Directory, LDAP & OAuth.

The IIC is an organization that promotes the accelerated growth of the IIoT by coordinating ecosystem initiatives to securely connect, control and integrate assets and systems of assets with people, processes and data using common architectures, interoperability and open standards to deliver transformational business and societal outcomes across industries and public infrastructure. The Industrial Internet Consortium is managed by the Object Management Group (OMG). 

"Securing IoT devices is top of mind for most enterprises, especially given the recent uptick in security breaches, for example the recent DDoS attacks," said Dr. Richard Soley, Executive Director, Industrial Internet Consortium. "We look forward to the expertise of Sensify Security as we define ways to help enterprises defend themselves against viscous attacks that can cost them billions."