Honeywell Launches Industrial Cyber Security Centre Of Excellence In Dubai

Honeywell has announced the launch of its first industrial cyber security centre of excellence (COE) at its Middle East headquarters in Dubai. The centre offers a safe off-process environment to test and demonstrate process control network vulnerabilities and threats, train customers with realtime attack simulations and provide advanced customer consultations.

The company said the investment comes in support of regional government initiatives such as the Dubai Cyber Security Strategy, aiming to strengthen cyber security defenses amidst growing digital transformation across industries. The new centre will support a rapidly developing Middle East cyber security market.

“This COE is the first of its kind dedicated to developing world-class industrial cyber security expertise for our customers in the region,” said Mr. Jeff Zindel, VP & GM, Honeywell Industrial Cyber Security. “It provides a safe, real-world environment to learn in, allowing us to innovate and augment industrial cyber security skills. The centre is also a critical part of Honeywell’s network of global Cyber Security COEs dedicated to improving industrial cyber security for critical infrastructure, information technology and operational technology (IT/OT) convergence and digital transformation,” he added.

The centre contains distributed control systems, a physical plant process and the latest industrial cyber security software and solutions. It includes data analytics and networking equipment capable of supporting unique training sessions, demonstrations, workshops, and cyber-attack simulations. The facility is led by a full-time operations team with deep industrial cyber security expertise and operational technology knowledge fundamental to help customers stay ahead of cyber threats.