Nozomi Networks · Founded 2013
Nozomi Networks
AI-powered industrial visibility, detection and NDR
Nozomi Networks brought the first AI-powered ICS visibility solution to market in 2013 and was named a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for CPS Protection. Guardian performs deep packet inspection across industrial protocols, builds a digital-twin baseline of normal behaviour and detects anomalies without disrupting operations. Vantage delivers SaaS-scale management across OT, IoT and IT. Artiflex IT's recommended OT/IoT platform for the UAE.
Guardian
Network sensor
Vantage
SaaS console
Arc
Endpoint sensor
What Nozomi Networks is
Co-founded in 2013 by Andrea Carcano and Moreno Carullo, Nozomi Networks pioneered AI-powered visibility for industrial control systems. The platform was the first to apply machine-learning behavioural baselines to ICS protocols at scale, and the company has been named a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for CPS Protection Platforms in consecutive years.
The product family is intentionally simple. Guardian is the sensor: a passive (and optionally active) network appliance or virtual machine that listens on a SPAN or TAP port and parses over 100 industrial protocols (Modbus, DNP3, EtherNet/IP, S7, BACnet, Profinet, IEC 60870-5, OPC UA and many more). Vantage is the SaaS management plane that aggregates many Guardians into one console for multi-site programmes. Arc is the host sensor for endpoint-level telemetry on engineering workstations and historians.
Crucially, Nozomi is non-disruptive. Default deployment is passive monitoring with zero risk to the production network, which is the only deployment style that plant managers, safety engineers and operations directors will accept on day one. Active queries are available, ICS-aware and opt-in.
Passive by default
zero risk to production
Nozomi listens on a SPAN or TAP port and does not transmit on the OT network. The deployment style that plant operations actually approve, with ICS-aware active queries available where the culture and asset tolerance permit.
- AI-powered behavioural anomaly detection
- 100+ ICS and IoT protocols parsed
- Passive (default) and ICS-aware active modes
- Digital-twin baseline of normal behaviour
- Multi-site SaaS management (Vantage)
- Endpoint sensor (Arc) for engineering workstations
- Native SIEM integration: Rapid7, Splunk, Sentinel
- IEC 62443, NERC CIP, NESA evidence
Why it wins
What makes Nozomi our recommended OT platform
The strengths that show up most often in UAE industrial deployments where AI-native detection, deepest protocol coverage and non-disruptive deployment matter most.
100+
Industrial and IoT protocols parsed natively, widest coverage in the market
Gartner Leader
Magic Quadrant for CPS Protection Platforms, consecutive years
Passive
Default deployment is non-disruptive, zero risk to production
AI-native ICS detection
The original AI-powered ICS visibility platform. Machine-learning baselines understand controller programs, historian flows and SCADA traffic without signature dependence, catching novel attacks and zero-days the moment they deviate from normal.
100+ industrial protocols
Modbus, DNP3, EtherNet/IP, S7, BACnet, Profinet, IEC 60870-5, OPC UA and a hundred more. The widest native ICS protocol coverage on the market, which is what determines whether your plant is visible or invisible.
Non-disruptive by default
Default deployment is fully passive on a SPAN or TAP port, zero risk to production. Active queries are available and ICS-aware, but opt-in. The deployment style that plant managers actually approve.
Industrial NDR
Sees lateral movement, unauthorised controller writes, rogue HMI sessions and east-west OT traffic that endpoint and IT-NDR tools cannot reach. The OT-native answer to network detection.
SOC integration
Vantage and Guardian feed Rapid7 InsightIDR, Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel and ServiceNow with ICS-aware context. One analyst workflow, IT and OT correlated.
Gartner Leader
Named a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for CPS Protection Platforms. Independent validation that the platform meets enterprise OT requirements at scale.
Who should put Nozomi Networks on the shortlist
UAE manufacturing, utilities, oil and gas, water and critical infrastructure with substantial OT footprints
Plants where passive, non-disruptive deployment is a hard requirement set by safety and operations
Multi-site programmes needing one SaaS pane of glass across many factories or substations (Vantage)
Mixed OT, IoT and IT estates where the OT signal must flow into the wider SOC (Rapid7, Splunk, Sentinel)
Compliance programmes targeting IEC 62443, NERC CIP, NESA and ADHICS that need audit-ready evidence
Brownfield estates with legacy controllers and historians that cannot tolerate active scanning
Organisations adding industrial NDR to an IT NDR programme rather than running parallel tools
Engineering and security teams who want the Gartner Leader rather than a niche specialist
Core features
What's inside Nozomi Networks
Asset discovery, Passive identification of every controller, HMI, historian and connected device.
Protocol parsing, 100+ industrial protocols decoded natively (Modbus, DNP3, S7, OPC UA, BACnet).
Behavioural detection, AI baselines flag anomalies in controller programs and flows.
Vulnerability mapping, Asset-level CVE matching against known industrial vulnerabilities.
Threat intelligence, Nozomi Networks Labs feeds and indicator updates.
Digital twin, Process variable and controller behaviour modelled to detect drift.
Multi-site management, Vantage SaaS aggregates many Guardians into one console.
Arc endpoint sensor, Host-level visibility on engineering workstations and historians.
SIEM integration, Native connectors for Rapid7, Splunk, Sentinel, QRadar, ServiceNow.
Compliance reporting, IEC 62443, NERC CIP, NESA, ADHICS evidence packs.
Choosing a product
Simplified positioning, which Nozomi product fits
Nozomi is sold as three complementary products on one platform: Guardian (sensor), Vantage (SaaS console) and Arc (endpoint). Most UAE programmes start with Guardian and add Vantage at site 2 or 3.
The strategic view
How the products relate
Guardian alone proves value at a single site. Vantage scales the programme to many sites. Arc adds host visibility where network sensing is blind.
Licensing
Nozomi products and capabilities
The Nozomi platform is three products: Guardian (sensor), Vantage (SaaS) and Arc (endpoint). License the components your programme actually needs.
| Capability | Guardiansensor | VantageSaaS mgmt | Arcendpoint |
|---|---|---|---|
| Primary positioning | Network sensor on SPAN/TAP | Multi-site SaaS console | Endpoint sensor on hosts |
| Passive ICS protocol parsing | ✓ | via Guardian | ✗ |
| 100+ industrial protocols | ✓ | via Guardian | ✗ |
| AI behavioural baseline | ✓ | ✓ | host telemetry |
| Asset discovery | ✓ | ✓ | host-level |
| Vulnerability mapping | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| ICS-aware active queries (opt-in) | ✓ | via Guardian | ✗ |
| Endpoint host telemetry | ✗ | aggregates Arc | ✓ |
| Multi-site aggregation | standalone | ✓ | ✗ |
| SIEM and SOAR integration | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Threat-intel feeds (Nozomi Labs) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Compliance reporting (IEC 62443, NERC CIP) | ✓ | ✓ | partial |
| Deployment | Physical / virtual | Cloud SaaS or on-prem | Software agent |
| Licensing basis | Per sensor | Per managed asset / node | Per host |
Module availability reflects Nozomi's published product set and may evolve. Artiflex confirms the exact scope for your sites and SOC during scoping.
Deployment Options
How we deliver Nozomi across UAE plants and substations
Physical / virtual Guardian
Guardian appliance or virtual machine on a SPAN/TAP port. The default OT sensor footprint per site, passive by default.
Vantage SaaS
Nozomi-hosted multi-tenant SaaS for centralised management across many Guardians. The default management plane for multi-site programmes.
Vantage on-premises
Self-hosted Vantage for organisations with strict data-residency mandates. Artiflex sizes and operates the management plane on your infrastructure.
Why Artiflex IT
Delivering Nozomi across the UAE
We recommend Nozomi because the combination of AI-native ICS detection, passive-by-default deployment and broadest protocol coverage is the most credible answer for UAE industry. Artiflex handles site survey, sensor sizing and placement, deployment, ICS-protocol tuning, SOC integration and ongoing management, all mapped to IEC 62443, NESA, ADHICS and ISO 27001. Fully managed, co-managed or assessment-only.
Frequently asked
Nozomi questions we hear from UAE buyers
Why is Nozomi Artiflex's recommended OT platform?
Three reasons: (1) Gartner Leader in CPS Protection MQ with the deepest AI-native ICS detection; (2) widest native protocol coverage (100+), which determines whether your plant is actually visible; (3) passive-by-default deployment, the only style plant operations will approve on day one. The platform also integrates cleanly with Rapid7, Splunk and Sentinel for IT-OT correlation.
Ready to evaluate Nozomi Networks?
Book a free OT posture assessment and we will scope sensor placement, ICS-protocol coverage and the SOC integration plan for your UAE plants or substations.