Honeywell Wins Two 2020 Cybersecurity Excellence Awards

Honeywell was selected from organizations around the world that contested for top honors with Best Cybersecurity Team of the Year and Best Advanced Persistent Threat Protection (SMX) Awards

Honeywell has been recognized as the gold award winner for the Cybersecurity Excellence Awards in two top categories: Advanced Persistent Threat Protection (SMX), and Cybersecurity Team of the Year – North America. Such significant recognition is proof of Honeywell’s commitment to industrial cybersecurity.

Secure Media Exchange (SMX) reduces cybersecurity risk and limits operational disruptions by monitoring, protecting, and logging use of removable media throughout industrial facilities. The persistent threat protection provides plant operators with unprecedented control and visibility into the secure use of USB and removable media by personnel and contractors, reducing cyber risk to process control networks globally. SMX provides the latest in advanced threat detection capabilities to critical infrastructures and isolated network environments.

Honeywell’s global cybersecurity team consist of cybersecurity experts in product development, engineers, analyst, researchers, marketers, sellers, UX, specialist, and more, in risk management, threat detection, incident response, industrial cybersecurity with numerous industry credentials. This team of experts have an unrivaled track record in process control and operational technology, cybersecurity and IT— an essential skill set combination for protecting plants and critical infrastructure.

"Congratulations to Honeywell for being recognized as the gold award winner in two highly competitive categories of the 2020 Cybersecurity Excellence Awards," said Holger Schulze, CEO of Cybersecurity Insiders and founder of the 400,000-member Information Security Community on LinkedIn that jointly produce the awards program. "With over 500 entries in more than 90 award categories, the 2020 awards reflect the very best in today's cybersecurity industry."