Company Overview
About Nozomi Networks
Nozomi Networks is a San Francisco, California-based operational technology (OT) and IoT cybersecurity company — acquired by Mitsubishi Electric Corporation for $883 million in September 2025 in the largest OT security acquisition in history — providing critical infrastructure operators, industrial manufacturers, transportation systems, and utilities with AI-powered visibility and threat detection across operational technology environments: Guardian sensors monitoring industrial control systems (ICS) and SCADA networks, and the cloud-based Vantage management platform aggregating security data across enterprise OT environments. Protecting 115+ million industrial and IoT assets across 12,000+ installations worldwide, Nozomi is recognized as a Gartner Magic Quadrant Leader in the 2025 CPS Protection Platforms category. Operating as an independent subsidiary of Mitsubishi Electric with brand, leadership, and operations unchanged post-acquisition. Founded in 2013 by Andrea Carcano and Moreno Carullo (who pioneered the AI-powered ICS cybersecurity approach).
Business Model & Competitive Advantage
Nozomi's OT visibility and threat detection platform addresses the security blind spots in industrial control system environments: enterprise IT security tools (firewalls, endpoint detection, SIEM) are designed for IP-based office networks running Windows and Linux servers — but industrial OT networks run proprietary protocols (Modbus, DNP3, Profinet, EtherNet/IP) on specialized PLCs, RTUs, and SCADA systems from Siemens, Rockwell, Honeywell, and Schneider that cannot run traditional security agents and are excluded from IT security visibility. When a threat actor pivots from the IT network to the OT environment (as in the Colonial Pipeline attack, or Russian APT intrusions into US power grid control systems), the attack occurs in networks that are invisible to the IT security team. Nozomi's passive network monitoring (Guardian sensor listening to OT network traffic to build asset inventories and detect anomalies without disrupting industrial operations) provides the OT visibility that enables security teams to detect and respond to intrusions before operational disruption.
Competitive Landscape 2025–2026
In 2025, Nozomi (Mitsubishi Electric) competes in the OT security, ICS cybersecurity, and critical infrastructure protection market with Claroty (OT security, $635M raised), Dragos (ICS threat intelligence and detection, $400M raised at $1.7B valuation), and Tenable OT (acquired Indegy, OT vulnerability management) for energy utility, manufacturing, transportation, and water utility OT network security monitoring and threat detection platform adoption. Mitsubishi Electric's $883 million acquisition reflects strategic conviction in OT security as a complement to Mitsubishi's industrial automation, building systems, and power infrastructure businesses — providing Nozomi distribution through Mitsubishi's global industrial customer base. The 2025 strategy focuses on integrating Nozomi's OT visibility with Mitsubishi Electric's factory automation and building management systems for converged IT/OT security, expanding the cloud-based Vantage platform for industrial enterprise customers managing multiple facility OT environments, and growing the threat intelligence program for ICS-specific attack pattern detection.
The Nozomi Networks Story
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Edgard Capdevielle
Edgard Capdevielle leads Nozomi Networks as President and CEO. He previously served as Vice President of Product Management and Marketing for Imperva and held key executive roles at Data Domain and EMC. He holds an MBA from UC Berkeley and degrees in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering from Vanderbilt.
Andrea Carcano
Andrea Carcano co-founded Nozomi Networks in 2013 and serves as Chief Product Officer, defining product vision and serving as the voice of the customer. An expert in industrial network security, AI, and machine learning, he draws on experience as a senior security engineer with Eni.
Moreno Carullo
Moreno Carullo co-founded Nozomi Networks and serves as Chief Technical Officer, leading the company's technical innovation and AI-powered analytics platform development for OT and IoT security.
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Nozomi Networks is an emerging player bringing innovative solutions to the Security market.
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