BlackRidge Technology International Inc. announced that it has joined the PTC Partner Network. BlackRidge secures IT and OT networks to Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) devices via patented First Packet Authentication™ technology, which authenticates identity and enforces security policy on the first packet of a network session. BlackRidge addresses the potential vulnerabilities of connected enterprises at a fundamental level, by stopping cyberattacks before they begin, while providing network microsegmentation and segregation for IT and OT convergence. BlackRidge's identity-based cybersecurity solution, TAC Identity Device, is ready out-of-the-box to be integrated with PTC's ThingWorx® IIoT platform and is immediately available on the PTC Marketplace. TAC Identity Device can be designed into third-party solutions to secure the IIoT-connected ecosystem, thereby offering solution builders enhanced security to further enable digital transformation.