Claroty launches AI security agent for critical systems

Claroty has launched Claire, an AI security agent for cyber-physical systems, aimed at organisations running mission-critical infrastructure.

The launch adds to a cyber security market increasingly focused on industrial sites, hospitals, commercial facilities and public sector environments, where outages and disruption can have operational and safety consequences.

Claroty said Claire was built specifically for cyber-physical systems, or CPS, which include connected operational technology, industrial control environments and medical devices. It said the system is trained on data from more than a decade of work in those sectors, as well as information covering more than 6,500 original equipment manufacturers and medical device manufacturers.

The New York-based group said the model behind Claire draws on deployments across more than 20,000 sites in over 50 sectors and 60 countries. The tool is intended to help security and operations teams move from asset discovery to remediation and compliance.

Attack surface

The announcement comes as vendors and users weigh how artificial intelligence is reshaping both the cyber threat landscape and the technology used to defend against it. In operational environments, the debate is especially urgent because security teams often have to act without interrupting production lines, hospital equipment or other essential systems.

Claroty pointed to the growth of robotics and industrial automation as a factor increasing the number of connected assets organisations must monitor. It also argued that AI is shortening the threat lifecycle, giving attackers tools that can move faster than traditional defensive processes.

Claroty positioned Claire as a response to those constraints, saying the product is designed to combine automated analysis with actions that reflect the operating requirements of critical environments. According to the company, the system is intended to reduce manual work in risk prioritisation, remediation planning and compliance preparation.

Users of Claire will be able to identify exposures that could affect business continuity, apply device-specific context to security decisions and map assets against regulatory requirements and approved patch levels, Claroty said. Those functions sit alongside existing parts of the Claroty platform, including asset inventory, exposure management, network protection, secure access and threat detection.

Wider strategy

Claire also forms part of a broader AI push at Claroty. The company said it has recently added AI-generated dashboards and reports to its xDome product, along with a CPS Library and a Model Context Protocol server for xDome.

Claroty serves more than 1,300 customers, including 24 of the Fortune 100, according to the company. That customer base has helped place it among a group of cyber security vendors specialising in the protection of operational technology and connected physical infrastructure, rather than conventional office IT alone.

Research firms have also given more attention to the category. Claroty said it was named a Leader in Gartner's Magic Quadrant for CPS Protection Platforms for the second consecutive year and a Leader in Forrester's Wave for IoT Security Solutions.

Still, the arrival of AI-based security tools in industrial and healthcare settings is likely to sharpen questions around reliability, explainability and control. In those sectors, security recommendations can carry operational consequences, meaning buyers tend to scrutinise whether automation can be trusted in live environments.

Claroty said Claire was developed with a focus on precision and operational integrity and is intended to support human decision-making rather than replace it. It also tied the launch to the need for security controls that can work alongside uptime, availability and safety requirements.

Yaniv Vardi, Chief Executive Officer at Claroty, set out that position in the company's announcement. "Organisations face pressure to embrace digital transformation and AI for efficiency and cost reduction, all while ensuring these tools safely improve resilience and preserve uptime," Vardi said. "This Herculean task is achievable when leveraging an AI tool that intrinsically understands the unique complexities of CPS environments and can balance security controls with operational needs. That's why we built Claire-to empower human operators to make decisions with confidence, based on tailored insights and agentic actions you can trust."