OPSWAT, a critical infrastructure protection (CIP) solutions provider, has acquired operational technology (OT) and industrial control systems (ICS) security company Bayshore Networks. With the acquisition, OPSWAT will integrate Bayshore's products and teams into its offerings and use them to extend its CIP capabilities to OT and ICS environments, the company said.This is M&A deal 427 that MSSP Alert and ChannelE2E have covered so far in 2020. See the full M&A deal list here.The Bayshore acquisition highlights OPSWAT's commitment to provide global organizations with comprehensive CIP solutions, OPSWAT CEO Benny Czarny stated. It extends OPSWAT's CIP mission to OT and is expected to help the company accelerate its growth.Bayshore provides the OTfuse intelligent industrial intrusion prevention system (IPS). Organizations can use OTfuse to protect Internet of Things (IoT) systems and other systems and devices against unplanned or unauthorized use and remote takeovers. Along with OTfuse, Bayshore offers NetWall USG unidirectional and bidirectional security gateways for IT and OT environments. Bayshore also provides the OTaccess secure remote access solution and Scrutiny OT asset discovery and flow visualization tool.