Assurance and risk management provider DNV is acquiring cyber security firm Applied Risk as it looks to build a security practice focused on defending industrial assets against emergent cyber threats.
Netherlands-based Applied Risk was established in 2012 and has a client portfolio spanning sectors including energy, utilities, manufacturing and transport.
Post-acquisition, its team will join forces with DNV’s cyber security specialists, who work with governments and corporations to keep projects and operations secure.
Citing research from cyber security firm Fortinet, DNV said 90% of companies in the manufacturing, energy and utilities, healthcare and transportation sectors suffered an attack on the computing systems managing their industrial operations during 2020.
“Industrial assets such as wind farms, oil and gas infrastructure, ships, manufacturing facilities and medical equipment are now at higher risk of new forms of cyber attack as their control systems become increasingly connected,” said DNV CEO Remi Eriksen.
The acquisition follows DNV publishing…
