Zentera Demonstrates Live Airport Cybersecurity Defense at Defend the Airport 2025

MILPITAS, Calif. – June 16, 2025 – Zentera Systems, the leader in critical asset protection, will demonstrate live Zero Trust defenses against cyberattacks during the Defend the Airport 2025 Collaborative in Columbia, MD (June 17-18). Using the Technology Advancement Center's (TAC) Adega Airport Cyber Range, the exercise will show aviation stakeholders how Virtual Chambers block ransomware, insider threats, and lateral movement attacks in real time for brownfield applications and networks.

What Attendees Will See

• Virtual Chambers render high-value airport systems invisible to attackers while maintaining full operational availability for increased cyber resilience.
• zLink™ security sensors segment computing workloads such as engineering workstations and HMIs without triggering network redesign.
• MSG-2IL Gatekeeper™, a rugged inline appliance, creates an agentless ‘Zero Trust DMZ’ inline with PLCs, SCADA controllers, and other Purdue Level 0/1 devices to enforce Zero Trust policies.
• zCenter™ Orchestrator unifies agent-based and agentless controls, pushing Zero Trust identity-based policies in real time across cloud and OT assets.

“Airports must protect themselves against ransomware and other attacks, but can’t afford the operational impact and long project cycles of rip and replace networks with upgrades”

Why It Matters

Airport OT downtime can cause cascading delays and financial losses nationwide, while also threatening safety-critical systems that can put lives and property at risk. Zentera's overlay security installs transparently to existing critical infrastructure. The solution functions without requiring network re-addressing, firewall pinholes, or scheduled outages. These capabilities have been validated through testing on Adega range's full-stack replica of a modern airport.

“Airports must protect themselves against ransomware and other attacks, but can’t afford the operational impact and long project cycles of rip and replace networks with upgrades,” said Mike Ichiriu, Vice President of Marketing & Product at Zentera Systems. “Our Virtual Chambers wrap critical airport OT in a Zero Trust shield that attackers simply can’t see or traverse, increasing the resilience of the nation’s aviation ecosystem while minimizing disruption.”

Getting Involved

Please visit the TAC for more information about the Defend the Airport 2025 Collaborative, or contact Zentera Systems to schedule a private briefing.

About Zentera

Zentera Systems is the leader in critical asset protection solutions for the modern enterprise.  Founded by experts in networking, security, and remote access, the company offers award-winning Zero Trust networking, security, and multi-cloud connectivity that overlays any distributed or hybrid infrastructure and deploys rapidly on premises or in the cloud. Global enterprises use Zentera’s products to instantly isolate critical assets and resources, secure employee and third-party access, protect against data leaks, and defend applications in complex IT and OT environments. The Silicon Valley-based company has received numerous recognitions, including Cool Vendor for Cloud Security by Gartner.

Media Contact

Katie Quaranta, PR Manager

Smartbug Media

kquaranta@smartbugmedia.com

Zentera and CoIP are trademarks of Zentera Systems, Inc., in the United States and other countries. All other trademarks cited here are the properties of their respective owners.