As healthcare, higher education, government K-12, libraries, and community anchor institutions manage increasingly complex IT, OT and IoT environments, cyber exposure management has become essential to reducing risk across the entire attack surface.
To help members address this growing challenge, OSHEAN has partnered with Armis, the cyber exposure management and security company, to deliver enterprise-grade protection powered by Armis Centrix™.
This partnership strengthens OSHEAN’s managed security services portfolio and equips members with intelligence-driven cyber exposure management. Importantly, it enables members to move beyond visibility toward measurable risk reduction and improved security performance.
“We are excited to partner with OSHEAN to deliver best-in-class cybersecurity solutions to organizations that serve as the backbone of their communities,” said Gary Arnold, Director of Strategic Partnerships at Armis. “Together, we will empower these institutions to protect their critical assets and maintain trust in an era of escalating cyber threats.”
Why Traditional Security Tools Leave Asset Visibility Gaps
Most organizations have invested in firewalls, endpoint security, and vulnerability scanners. Yet many of these tools focus primarily on managed IT assets.
OSHEAN members operate environments that extend far beyond traditional IT, including:
- Medical devices and clinical systems
- Research equipment and laboratory infrastructure
- Building automation and operational technology (OT)
- IoT devices across campuses and facilities
- Hybrid cloud and on-premises workloads
Many of these assets are invisible to conventional tools. When IT, OT and IoT environments operate in silos, blind spots emerge and attackers increasingly exploit those gaps.
Comprehensive asset visibility across IT, OT and IoT is foundational to effective cybersecurity. However, visibility alone does not reduce risk.
From Asset Discovery to Measurable Risk Reduction
Visibility is foundational, but action is what reduces risk. Effective cyber exposure management requires intelligence-driven prioritization and the ability to accelerate detection and response across the entire attack surface.
Through Armis Centrix™, powered by the Armis AI-driven Asset Intelligence Engine, OSHEAN enables members to move beyond asset inventory management to measurable security performance improvements.
Armis Centrix™ helps OSHEAN members:
- Consolidate and de-duplicate findings across existing security investments
- Prioritize vulnerabilities based on exploitability, threat intelligence and business impact
- Integrate with SIEM, SOAR and ticketing systems to operationalize response
- Measurably improve MTTD and MTTR
By combining global asset intelligence with contextual risk scoring, members can reduce alert fatigue, focus on the exposures that matter most and accelerate remediation. The result is measurable improvement in detection and response performance across the environment.
Cybersecurity for Critical Environments
OSHEAN serves institutions including healthcare, higher education, government, K-12, libraries, and community anchor institutions, where uptime, compliance and operational resilience are essential. This joint solution is designed for environments that:
- Cannot deploy intrusive agents on sensitive medical or research devices
- Manage mixed IT and OT ecosystems
- Operate under regulatory and compliance obligations
- Face staffing constraints in cybersecurity and security operations
Flexible deployment options including SaaS, on-premises or hybrid ensure alignment with regulatory and operational requirements while maintaining comprehensive coverage across all connected assets.
Integrated Detection, Prioritization and Response Through OSHEAN
Armis Centrix™ integrates into OSHEAN’s managed services ecosystem, including Firewall-as-a-Service powered by Fortinet, enabling coordinated detection, prioritization and response across the network. Together, OSHEAN and Armis empower members to:
- Eliminate blind spots across IT, OT and IoT
- Continuously assess and prioritize cyber exposure
- Accelerate detection and response workflows
- Strengthen resilience across critical infrastructure
- Improve readiness for audits and evolving compliance expectations
Cyber risk now spans every connected device, system and workload. By expanding its cybersecurity portfolio with Armis Centrix™, OSHEAN provides members with a proactive and scalable approach to managing cyber exposure across the entire attack surface.