Dispel adds Armis asset intelligence to OT remote access decisions

Dispel announced a new integration with Armis from ServiceNow at Black Hat USA 2026 that feeds real-time asset visibility into OT remote access approvals. The partnership is aimed at reducing risk, speeding access decisions and strengthening compliance for industrial environments.

Why it matters: - Industrial operators often separate security visibility from operations access decisions, which can leave remote access approvals blind to live asset risk. - The new integration puts asset intelligence and session risk in the same workflow, aiming to reduce unauthorized access and help teams act before threats reach critical OT systems. - The offering is built for environments where third-party access is routine and unplanned downtime is costly.

What happened: - Dispel announced an integration with Armis from ServiceNow at Black Hat USA 2026 in Las Vegas on Aug. 4, 2026. - The joint offering combines Armis Centrix™, the Armis Cyber Exposure Management Platform, with the Dispel Zero Trust Engine. - The integration extends Armis’ AI-powered risk mitigation into every Dispel remote access decision. - Dispel will demonstrate the joint offering at Black Hat USA 2026. - Organizations can learn more and request a demo at dispel.com/book.

The details: - Armis real-time asset intelligence, including characteristics, configuration, behavior and vulnerability profile, synchronizes automatically into the Dispel Zero Trust Engine. - Remote access policies reflect the current state of OT assets without manual reconciliation. - The integration is designed to speed vendor onboarding and access approvals for OEMs, contractors and operators. - When Armis Centrix™ identifies a vulnerability, a vendor’s just-in-time access request through Dispel is recorded and audited automatically. - After remediation, Armis continuous monitoring re-checks the asset and updates the vulnerability status as resolved. - The workflow creates an evidence chain from vulnerability discovery through controlled access to confirmed remediation. - Dispel Intelligence’s Session Forensics with Dynamic Risk Scoring now scores every OT remote access session in real time across identity, device and connection from login through disconnect. - OT, IoT and ICS asset data from Armis Centrix™ is correlated with Dispel session-level behavioral analysis. - Administrators see a composite risk view that combines session behavior with asset criticality and vulnerability data at the moment of access approval. - The integration is available now within the Dispel Zero Trust Engine for joint customers across cloud and on-premises deployments.

Between the lines: - The partnership reflects a broader shift in industrial security toward decision-time context, not just visibility. - Dispel is positioning access control as a live risk-management control point, rather than a post-incident audit function. - The integration also reduces manual steps, which matters in OT environments where delays can slow maintenance and recovery. - Dispel said AI-driven threats require continuous defense across every minute of a session. - Nadir Izrael, Group Vice President at Armis from ServiceNow, said mapping the attack surface is important, but risk mitigation must happen the moment access is decided.

What’s next: - Joint customers can begin using the integration now. - Dispel plans to continue showcasing the combined offering at Black Hat USA 2026. - Security and operations teams using the platform can expect access decisions and remediation prioritization to come from one unified view.

The bottom line: - Dispel and Armis are trying to close a long-standing OT gap: connect live asset intelligence directly to every remote access decision.