eSentire, Inc., the Authority in Managed Detection and Response (MDR), and Kterio, the provider of smart building operating systems announced that they have formed an ecosystem partnership for the Healthcare, Industrial, and Commercial Real Estate sectors.

Companies in these sectors are seeking broader, more robust solution outcomes to reduce cybersecurity risk while maintaining optimum building performance. Together, eSentire and Kterio will evaluate customer risks across traditional threat vectors and the building infrastructures supporting sustainability initiatives, building management, and operations.

Kterio OS

Kterio has developed a revolutionary smart building operating system, Kterio OS. By harnessing the power of integrated data, Kterio uses Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence to deliver portfolio-level, site-level, & equipment-level reporting, benchmarking, and asset visualization.

Kterio customers realize savings in reduced energy consumption, fewer maintenance calls, and AI-enabled capital-expense optimization.

XDR platform technology

eSentire and Kterio are uniquely positioned to deliver a 24/7 full-scale solution to support the teams

eSentire is the global provider of Exposure Management, Managed Detection and Response, and Incident Response services. By combining its open XDR platform technology, 24/7 threat hunting, generative AI expertise and proven security operations leadership, eSentire helps organizations anticipate, withstand, and recover from cyberattacks.

As pioneers in their respective fields, eSentire and Kterio are uniquely positioned to deliver a 24/7 full-scale solution to support the teams charged with managing the multiple, vast, physical sites of critical infrastructure firms.

Visibility and Control

Clients and ecosystem partners are seeking solutions, which coalesce cybersecurity controls with building asset controls, to form a complete risk picture,” said Bob Layton, Chief Channel Officer, eSentire.

He adds, “Organizations will also see operational efficiency and cyber resilience gains through this unification. Our Healthcare and Industrial clients are solving this now and bringing eSentire to the table to deliver the security operations expertise needed. This partnership with Kterio is integral in furthering the visibility and control we can deliver across IoT environments.”

Enhance cyber resilience

Kterio and eSentire’s ecosystem partnership will first explore joint service offerings to mutual customers while creating new paths to enhance cyber resilience and improve attack surface visibility across operational controls.

We are delighted to form this new ecosystem partnership with eSentire. Our clients, around the world, are solving operational controls and efficiencies utilizing Kterio OS ML/AI tools right now,” said Larry Yogel, Chairman and CEO, of Kterio. 

Enterprise-class service portfolio

Larry Yogel adds, "They’re asking us for cybersecurity solutions that tie into the Kterio data science and enterprise-class service portfolio. eSentire’s proven leadership position in cybersecurity and their investment in AI and LLMs make for a natural ecosystem partnership. Kterio is a disruptor in a legacy industry, and we see a shared vision with eSentire.”

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