Shift5 and Booz Allen Join Forces to Bring Real-Time OT Observability to Transportation and Defense Sectors

Rosslyn, Virginia–(Newsfile Corp. – July 2, 2024) – Shift5, an observation platform for onboard operational technology (OT), and Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) today announced a strategic partnership to integrate Shift5’s onboard data access and observation capabilities with Booz Allen’s suite of AI/ML-powered cybersecurity and predictive maintenance solutions. The integration enables customers to have complete cybersecurity awareness and maintenance intelligence from onboard fleet assets to the digital battlespace surrounding them.

Insights gained from Shift5’s unique dual-observation capabilities on the OT platform—combined with Booz Allen’s cross-sector mission understanding, battle-proven approaches, and ready-to-deploy solutions—can scale across large, complex fleets, enabling operators to make smarter, faster decisions with real-time data access, contextual insights, and actionable analytics at the edge. By integrating insights from Shift5 with its AI/ML models, Booz Allen enhances its cybersecurity and predictive maintenance solutions, leading to higher anomaly detection efficiencies and improved asset availability. This collaboration helps Booz Allen deploy innovative, next-generation technologies at scale to its customers to stay ahead of the evolving threat landscape, while also delivering professional services around operationalizing and integrating data.

This strategic partnership deepens the existing relationship between the two companies. Booz Allen previously announced that its corporate venture capital arm, Booz Allen Ventures, LLC, has made a strategic investment in Shift5. Shift5 supports Booz Allen’s continued delivery of the highest quality commercial materials for cyber-physical resilience and mission readiness.

“Operational technology is key to national security, enabling critical U.S. infrastructure to perform essential functions,” said Brad Medairy, executive vice president and leader of Booz Allen’s National Cyber ​​practice. “As adversaries increasingly view the U.S. federal government, intelligence agencies, military and all critical infrastructure industries as one cyberspace, ensuring cyber-physical resilience and mission readiness in OT environments is paramount. Together, Booz Allen and Shift5 will help clients outpace adversaries with commercial excellence powered by real-time data and cutting-edge AI and machine learning capabilities.”

The Shift5 platform is hardware, bus and protocol agnostic and performs passive, full data capture from any onboard source – any frame, any bus, any protocol. For the first time, it unlocks the entire onboard data ecosystem for operators, enabling real-time decision intelligence with full access to onboard data and visibility from asset level to fleet scale.

“Transportation and defense operators are critical to maintaining economic stability and defending national security; without their reliable and consistent performance, the global supply chain weakens, human security is compromised, and the nation loses its strategic competitive edge,” said Josh Lospinoso, CEO and co-founder of Shift5. “Given the current state of geopolitics and the evolving threat landscape, commercial and military operators must embrace a new definition of complete cybersecurity that includes observability, OT, and AI/ML. Shift5’s collaboration with Booz Allen brings together these essential components to give operators a decisive advantage.”

To learn more about the Shift5 and Booz Allen integration, request a demo here.

About Shift5
Shift5 is an observation platform for onboard operational technology (OT), enabling smarter, faster decisions with real-time data access, contextual insights, and actionable analytics at the edge for aviation, rail, maritime, and defense. Created by officers who established the U.S. Army Cyber ​​Command and pioneered modern cyber assessments for weapon systems, Shift5 protects commercial and military fleets and weapon systems from operational failures and OT cybersecurity threats. Renowned aerospace companies, U.S. railroads, and fleets across the U.S. military rely on Shift5 to ensure the safety, availability, security, resiliency, and reliability of today’s fleets and tomorrow’s next-generation assets. For more information, visit shift5.io.

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Katie Garagozzo
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Shift5, Inc.

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