Nozomi unveils Vantage IQ for OT & IoT cyber defence

Nozomi Networks has launched Vantage IQ, an AI assistant designed for operational technology and Internet of Things security teams that uses company-specific data to produce responses tailored to each organisation.

The company positioned the product for security operations centre analysts and for senior security leaders who manage risk in industrial and critical infrastructure environments. Nozomi Networks said the assistant operates privately and draws on an organisation's own asset, communications, vulnerability and threat information.

Nozomi Networks said cyberattacks on critical infrastructure have risen and that many organisations struggle to recruit and retain staff with OT and IoT security experience. The company said it expects AI-driven tools to feature more heavily in security workflows as teams try to manage incident volumes and investigative work across complex estates.

Vantage IQ sits within Nozomi Networks' Vantage offering. The company said the assistant uses a context-aware large language model trained on a customer's environment. It said this approach differs from general-purpose AI assistants which rely on broad training data and may not reflect local network conditions or asset inventories.

"The era of generic, one-size-fits-all AI is over," said Andrea Carcano, Co-Founder and CPO, Nozomi Networks. "With Vantage IQ, the world's most advanced OT/IoT cybersecurity AI assistant is now on your team - empowering defenders to outpace adversaries and giving leaders the clarity they need to protect what matters most."

Analyst workflow

Nozomi Networks said Vantage IQ focuses on day-to-day incident handling tasks. It said the assistant provides AI-guided triage and supports investigation and response steps. The company described the output as tailored to the organisation's environment rather than generic advice.

The company also said it built the assistant to surface recommendations and remediation guidance inside the Vantage interface. It said the guidance appears across the main sections of the product rather than sitting in a separate tool. Nozomi Networks framed this as a way to connect detection and investigation output with response action.

Nozomi Networks said the assistant can respond to natural language queries from analysts and operators. It also said it can generate insights that reflect internal risk and threat data. The company did not disclose which underlying model it uses, how it segments customer data, or how it validates answers before presentation to users.

Executive reporting

Nozomi Networks said Vantage IQ also targets CISOs and other security leaders who need summaries for internal reporting. It said the assistant generates "board-ready" insights in plain language on demand. The company presented this as a conversational interface for executives who want to extract key points without translating technical detail.

This focus reflects a broader trend in cybersecurity procurement. Many buyers now ask for products that package technical findings into risk narratives that non-technical stakeholders can understand. Vendors have also increased efforts to align security metrics with operational and financial impact, particularly in industrial organisations where downtime and safety concerns drive board-level scrutiny.

Nozomi Networks said Vantage IQ remains private and "company-trained". It said the assistant learns from each organisation's OT and IoT asset, vulnerability, threat and risk data. The company presented this as an approach that keeps responses relevant to local conditions. It also framed it as a security measure, since the assistant operates on the organisation's information rather than a broad consumer dataset.

Market signals

Nozomi Networks also referenced recent recognition in a Gartner report focused on AI vendor activity in cyber-physical systems security. The company said it has increased investment in AI. It positioned Vantage IQ as a next step in that work.

OT and IoT security has drawn attention from security teams and regulators as connected devices and industrial control systems expand in number and importance. Security leaders often face constraints that differ from enterprise IT, including older systems, strict uptime requirements, vendor-managed equipment and safety-related processes that complicate patching and configuration changes.

Attackers have also targeted industrial organisations through ransomware, remote access abuse and vulnerabilities in widely deployed devices. This has increased interest in continuous asset discovery, network monitoring and methods that identify anomalous behaviour without relying solely on traditional endpoint tools.

Nozomi Networks said Vantage IQ aims to reduce the burden on scarce specialist staff and to standardise investigation practices across teams. "The labour crisis in cybersecurity is real - and growing," said Carcano. "With skilled resources a scarce commodity and the threat landscape accelerating, Vantage IQ is the force multiplier that turns good analysts into great defenders."

Nozomi Networks said Vantage IQ is available as part of the Vantage experience and that it expects customers to evaluate it through demonstrations as they consider AI-supported workflows for OT and IoT environments.