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SIGA raises $8.1 million to protect national infrastructures and manufacturing facilities
August 2021 by Marc Jacob
Israeli cybersecurity company SIGA OT Solutions has completed an $8.1 million series B funding round led by PureTerra Ventures - a Dutch fund that specializes in water and infrastructure investments, along with Israeli venture fund SIBF, Moore Capital, and Phoenix Contact, a leading German manufacturer of electrical and control systems.
The funds will be primarily used to accelerate sales and strategic collaborations abroad with a focus on North America, Europe, the Far East, and the United Arab Emirates. The round brings to $15 million the total raised to date by the company, including previous investments by SIBF, Canada’s AWZ Ventures and lucrative grants by the EC and IIA.
SIGA’s SigaGuard is a unique machine-learning based solution for smart and reliable operational process monitoring and early-detection of anomalies. It detects anomalies that indicate cyberattacks or operational faults in critical infrastructure and in industrial processes. Unlike other solutions in the OT (Operational Technology) cybersecurity sector, that focus on monitoring the operational network, SigaGuard is unique in that it “listens” to the electrical signals directly from Level 0, where critical operational processes take place.
Level 0 is the richest and most reliable level of process data within any operational environment. This level includes electrical signals from the sensors installed on equipment and machinery of electrical, gas and water utilities, industrial plants, and military facilities. This data cannot be manipulated by cyberattacks, similar to the manipulations in dozens of serious attacks that took place in recent years. These included the notorious Stuxnet attack, attacks on Israel’s water infrastructure last year, on the water infrastructure in Florida, on the colonial gas pipelines in the U.S., and more.
The intensity of the recent cyber-attacks on critical infrastructures, strengthened the recognition by many regulators, opinion leaders and leading solution providers, that Level 0 monitoring can no longer be ignored. To handle this challenge, SigaGuard offers a highly reliable, autonomous, and smart solution, which gains increasing attention and popularity worldwide, according to SIGA.
SIGA’s cloud (SaaS) solution is based on a monthly subscription fee. Among SIGA’s customers are New York Power Authority, Singapore’s water company, Israel Electric Corporation, large chemical companies, Israel’s water infrastructure operator, government ministries, defense organizations and others. SigaGuard was recently selected by the Israel Water Authority to be the core cybersecurity platform in the Security Operations Center for safeguarding Israel’s critical water infrastructure.
About PureTerra Ventures
PureTerra is a Venture Capital firm focused on investing in disruptive water technologies with offices in Amsterdam Netherlands and Shanghai China. The fund combines strong entrepreneurial experience and proven track record in the global water technology market. This creates a unique value proposition for our portfolio companies. The PureTerra Ventures China office has access to an expansive network of distributors, utilities, government departments, blue chip companies and other key players in the Asian water market. PureTerra leverages these networks to actively contribute to the commercial success of its portfolio companies, positioned not just as a financial investor, but a strategic partner in the global water market.
