A New Industrial Defense: CoreX and AGN Unify Security on ServiceNow's Platform

RADNOR, PA – August 05, 2026 – A strategic partnership announced today between CoreX, an Elite ServiceNow Partner, and Alchemy Global Networks (AGN), a cybersecurity engineering firm, signals a significant maturation in the fight to secure critical industrial infrastructure. The collaboration aims to deliver what has long been an elusive goal for plant managers and CISOs alike: an autonomous, end-to-end security and risk management solution built on a single platform.

By integrating the formidable capabilities of ServiceNow's recent acquisitions—asset intelligence from Armis and identity governance from Veza—into the ServiceNow AI Platform, the two partners are moving to address the sprawling “extended attack surface” that now connects factory floors and corporate networks. This initiative targets the acute challenges faced by manufacturing, energy, utility, and healthcare organizations, where the convergence of Information Technology (IT) and Operational Technology (OT) has created security gaps that conventional tools can no longer bridge.

Closing the Gap Between Visibility and Action

For years, industrial security has been a tale of two disciplines operating in silos. One team focuses on asset visibility—discovering and monitoring the thousands of devices on a network. Another team handles workflow governance—managing access rights and responding to incidents. The handoff between these two functions is where risk flourishes and response times lag. This partnership is engineered to eliminate that gap.

“I’ve spent over 30 years in the cybersecurity industry, and one thing holds true: most industrial organizations have visibility into their assets or can govern their workflows independently, but very few excel at doing both together,” said Donnie Moss, CEO and Co-Founder of AGN. “That integration matters. When you can see everything and control it efficiently, you move faster, respond better, and operate with more confidence.”

The core value proposition is the creation of a single, accountable team. Instead of an enterprise having to procure an asset discovery tool from one vendor, integrate it with a security orchestration platform from another, and then rely on an internal team to connect the dots, CoreX and AGN present a unified front. AGN, a longtime partner of Armis, brings deep expertise in asset visibility for complex OT environments. CoreX, an Elite ServiceNow partner, specializes in building the intelligent workflows that turn that visibility into automated action. This combined approach enables what the partners call an “outcome-led engagement,” where the conversation starts with the client’s goal—be it audit readiness, faster remediation, or measurable risk reduction—rather than the features of a specific product.

The Technology Powering Autonomous Security

This unified service model is built upon a powerful technology stack recently assembled by ServiceNow. The platform's strategic acquisitions of Veza for over $1 billion in March 2026 and Armis for approximately $7.75 billion a month later were clear indicators of its ambition to dominate the industrial and enterprise AI security market. This partnership is one of the first to operationalize that vision.

Armis provides the foundational visibility, offering continuous, agentless discovery of every connected asset—from industrial control systems and IoT sensors to traditional IT hardware. Veza complements this with its AI-native identity governance, creating a comprehensive map of who and what has access to those assets. This is particularly crucial in an era where machine identities are exploding. As CoreX CEO Rick Wright noted, “machine identities now vastly outnumber human ones,” and many possess privileged access that can be exploited by attackers.

These two streams of data—assets and identities—are fed into ServiceNow’s AI Control Tower. This is where the solution becomes “autonomous.” Instead of just generating alerts, the system is designed to trigger automated workflows to remediate risk. For example, when Armis detects a new, unmanaged device on the factory network, and Veza identifies it has overly permissive access, the AI Control Tower can automatically initiate a ServiceNow workflow to isolate the device, revoke its permissions, and create an incident ticket for human review. This transforms security from a reactive, manual process to a governed, automated operating model.

“By leveraging the combined intelligence of Armis and Veza within the ServiceNow AI Platform, CoreX and AGN can now help our clients operationalize a single, intelligent graph that maps every asset and every permission,” said Wright. “That means sensing risk, automating remediation, and governing AI agents with the business context required to maintain operational resilience.”

A Strategic Move in ServiceNow's Industrial Gambit

This partnership doesn't exist in a vacuum. It is a textbook execution of ServiceNow's broader strategy to become the central nervous system for the modern enterprise, particularly in high-stakes industrial environments. The company's leadership has been vocal about its goal to create an “AI control tower” for the enterprise, and its recent acquisitions have laid the groundwork. With Armis and Veza, ServiceNow projects its total addressable market for security and risk will more than triple to $100 billion.

The collaboration between CoreX and AGN is precisely what ServiceNow needs from its partner ecosystem to realize this ambition. It combines deep platform expertise with specialized domain knowledge, a formula that platform giants rely on to penetrate complex vertical markets. “Securing industrial environments and critical operations demands a unified platform approach,” affirmed Nadir Izrael, Group Vice President of Cybersecurity and Risk at ServiceNow. He emphasized that combining the OT and workflow capabilities of partners like CoreX with the specialized expertise of firms like AGN enables organizations to “maximize the full power of their security investments.”

This move also allows ServiceNow and its partners to differentiate themselves from a crowded field of point solutions. While competitors like Claroty, Dragos, and Nozomi Networks have strong offerings in OT threat detection, the CoreX-AGN solution leverages the full breadth of the ServiceNow platform, connecting security data directly to enterprise-wide governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) workflows. This provides a unified operational reality, ensuring security actions are not only swift but also auditable and aligned with business policy.

The Real-World Impact on Critical Infrastructure

For leaders in manufacturing, utilities, and other critical sectors, the promise of this integrated solution is tangible. It shifts the focus from managing a portfolio of disjointed security tools to governing a unified operating model. The key benefits are designed to address the most pressing operational challenges. Complete asset visibility provides a comprehensive inventory of cyber-physical systems, eliminating the blind spots where attackers often hide. AI-native identity governance enforces least-privilege access for both human and non-human identities, a critical defense against lateral movement.

Ultimately, the goal is to build a foundation of trust for the AI-driven initiatives that are reshaping industrial operations. By providing a governed, end-to-end security model, the partnership between CoreX and AGN helps ensure that as enterprises become more connected and automated, they also become more resilient. This joint solution, available immediately, represents a critical step in moving from a fragmented, reactive security posture to the cohesive, intelligent defense that modern industrial enterprises require to operate with confidence.