Athena Dynamics RAD: Remote maritime IT/OT asset discovery & vuln assessment via software agent. built by Athena Dynamics. headquartered in Singapore. Core capabilities include Remote IT and OT asset discovery via lightweight software agent — no onboard hardware required, Passive network scanning with no observable impact on vessel OT systems (ClassNK certified), Vulnerability assessment and prioritisation for all discovered assets..
Shield-IoT ShieldEdge: Agentless AI security platform for IoT/OT/IT edge network visibility & threat mgmt. built by Shield-IoT. headquartered in Israel. Core capabilities include Agentless, device-agnostic network traffic analysis (TCP/IP headers) with no device installation or network changes required, Asset Intelligence: visibility into edge-connected devices including risk profiling, network behavior, link/geo maps, and usage trends, AI Threat Management: Coreset-based ML/DL anomaly detection, agentic AI security expert, 100+ threat intelligence feeds, and 30+ auto-configured detection rules..
Both serve the Operational Technology Asset Discovery market but differ in approach, feature depth, and target audience.
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