Nexteer Automotive, a leader in intuitive motion control, has been named an 
honoree of a 2021 CSO50 Award from IDG's CSO. This honor is awarded to a select 
group of organizations that have implemented security projects and initiatives 
demonstrating outstanding business value and thought leadership.

Nexteer's winning project, NEXTINTRUST, is a new solution for Internet of 
Things (IoT), Operational Technologies (OT) and asset visibility and security. 
NEXTINTRUST provides complete visibility into every connected device at 
Nexteer, which allows for understanding of the risks they bring and enables 
appropriate policies to secure them.

"Nexteer is honored to be recognized by IDG's CSO for our innovative security 
architecture," said Mike Rogers, Executive Director and Chief Information 
Officer (CIO), Nexteer Automotive. "As Operational Technologies and Internet of 
Things networks converge, this leads to significant changes in network 
connectivity between systems that were traditionally 'air gapped.' While this 
provides benefits like optimizing uptime and improving competitive advantage, 
it also introduces new security challenges. The NEXTINTRUST program enables us 
to overcome these challenges by leveraging identity, integration and insights 
across a layered security architecture for enacting proactive control 
strategies."

"The disruptive events of 2020 – combined with sophisticated and far-reaching 
attacks – brought new challenges and costs to organizations, their security 
leaders and business outcomes," said Amy Bennett, executive editor of CSO. "Our 
annual CSO50 Awards recognize security teams that bring innovation and thought 
leadership to solving for the many risks their organizations continue to face. 
This year's class of CSO50 winners represent an elite group of risk and 
security thought leaders, and we are pleased to give them the recognition they 
deserve."

Nexteer will be formally recognized for this award at the CSO50 Conference + 
Awards held on November 16-18, 2021.

About Nexteer

Nexteer Automotive (HK 1316), a global leader in intuitive motion control, is a 
multi-billion dollar global steering and driveline business delivering electric 
and hydraulic power steering systems, steering columns, driveline systems, as 
well as advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and automated driving 
enabling technologies for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). The company 
has 27 manufacturing plants, four technical and software centers and 13 
customer service centers strategically located in North and South America, 
Europe, Asia and Africa. The company serves more than 60 customers in every 
major region of the world including BMW, Ford, GM, Stellantis, Toyota and VW, 
as well as automakers in India and China. www.nexteer.com

About CSO
CSO is the premier content and community resource for security decision-makers 
leading business risk management efforts within their organizations. For more 
than a decade, CSO's award-winning website (CSOonline.com), executive 
conferences, strategic marketing services and research have equipped security 
decision-makers to mitigate both IT and corporate/physical risk for their 
organizations and provided opportunities for security vendors looking to reach 
this audience.

To assist CSOs in educating their organizations' employees on corporate and 
personal security practices, CSO also produces the quarterly newsletter 
Security Smart. CSO is published by IDG Communications, Inc. Company 
information is available at www.idg.com

About the CSO50 Awards

The CSO50 Awards recognizes 50 organizations for security projects and 
initiatives that demonstrate outstanding business value and thought leadership. 
The CSO50 Awards are scored according to a uniform set of criteria by a panel 
of judges that includes security leaders, industry experts and academics. The 
2021 awards will be presented at the CSO50 Conference + Awards.

Past winners include Adobe, Allstate, American Express, City of Raleigh, The 
Clorox Company, Comcast, Delta Dental, Genpact, HBO Latin America, Home Depot, 
Microsoft, University of Pennsylvania, Verizon and many more. A complete list 
of the 2020 winners can be viewed on www.idg.com

SOURCE: Nexteer