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Schneider Electric V-DIG

DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE AUDIT UPDATED 2026-06-02
V-DIG Score 6.50 /10 C Schneider Electric — BDS-1000 508
V-DIG 6.50

Evidence-only forensic audit. Scoring happens downstream — see the main dossier for the composite assessment.

V-DIG Audit: Schneider Electric

Enterprise Technology Stack & Vendor Relationships

Schneider Electric maintains a strategic partnership with Claroty, an Israeli-founded operational technology (OT) and industrial control system (ICS) cybersecurity company 1. The partnership was announced in August 2017 through Schneider Electric’s Collaborative Automation Partner Program (CAPP) 1. Claroty’s continuous monitoring and OT/IT network visibility platform is embedded within Schneider Electric’s EcoStruxure industrial architecture 1. The partnership remains active through 2025, including a November 2025 CPS Library joint product launch with Rockwell Automation 2. Claroty was founded as a second startup from Israel’s Team8 foundry, with management drawn from Israeli Defense Force Unit 8200 12.

The Claroty integration represents a core industrial cybersecurity component within EcoStruxure, positioned as critical infrastructure security functionality across Schneider Electric’s industrial, building, grid, and data centre segments 1. The relationship is not peripheral but embedded in the unified software and services framework 1.

No public evidence identified of direct licensing, subscription, or integration contracts between Schneider Electric and Check Point, SentinelOne, CyberArk, Wiz, NICE/Verint, or Palo Alto Networks 1.

Schneider Electric engages Accenture, Capgemini, and KPMG as systems integration partners deploying EcoStruxure for enterprise customers 3. No public evidence identified indicating these integrators have mandated or deployed Israeli-origin technology beyond the Claroty integration already embedded within EcoStruxure 3.

Surveillance, Biometrics & Retail Technology

KairosResponse.org documents that Schneider Electric formerly owned Pelco, a company providing security cameras used in illegal settlements such as those in the Silwan neighborhood of East Jerusalem 4. Schneider Electric acquired Pelco in 2007 for $1.54 billion and sold the subsidiary to Transom Capital Group in May 2019 4. The documented basis relates to hardware (security cameras), not facial recognition or biometric software 4.

No public evidence identified of Schneider Electric deploying or licensing facial recognition, biometric identification, behavioral analytics, or gait analysis technologies from Trigo, BriefCam, AnyVision/Oosto, or Trax 4.

No public evidence identified of Israeli-origin predictive policing, sentiment analysis, social media monitoring, or workforce surveillance tools deployed by Schneider Electric 4.

No public evidence identified of Israeli-origin surveillance or biometric technologies reaching Schneider Electric indirectly via managed service providers or bundled enterprise suites, outside the documented Claroty OT security integration 1.

Cloud Infrastructure, Data Residency & Sovereign Cloud Participation

Schneider Electric operates a commercial and sales presence in Israel through Schneider Electric Israel Ltd, registered since 1999 with a location in Tzoran-Kadima industrial park 5. The Data Centre Solutions division sells UPS systems, cooling infrastructure, and prefabricated data centre solutions to Israeli operators, but this constitutes product sales to third-party customers — not Schneider Electric operating, leasing, or co-locating its own data centre infrastructure within Israel 5.

Project Nimbus is Israel’s government sovereign cloud programme awarded to AWS and Google Cloud in 2021 6. Schneider Electric is an industrial automation company, not a hyperscale cloud provider 6. No public evidence identified of Schneider Electric participating in Project Nimbus or any comparable Israeli state-backed sovereign cloud programme 6.

No public evidence identified of Schneider Electric marketing or contracting data sovereignty, data residency, or infrastructure resilience services specifically to Israeli state institutions or military bodies 6.

Defence, Intelligence & Security Sector Technology Relationships

Schneider Electric signed an agreement in March 2017 to provide Avantis PRiSM predictive asset analytics software to Israel Electric Corporation (IECo) to monitor 4100 MW of generation capacity across seven sites 7. This was described as “the first Schneider Electric implementation at IECo’s generation level” 7. IECo is a state-owned utility, not a defense or intelligence body 7.

No public evidence identified of Schneider Electric holding contracts with Israeli security or intelligence bodies for digital services, communications infrastructure, data hosting, or analytics platforms 78.

Schneider Electric’s ICS and SCADA products (EcoStruxure, Modicon PLCs, Triconex safety systems) are globally deployed across critical infrastructure and are inherently dual-use in nature 4. No public evidence identified of Schneider Electric’s commercial technology being specifically reported, confirmed by official sources, or documented by researchers as deployed for military, intelligence, or law enforcement surveillance applications within Israel or occupied territories 4.

No public evidence identified of Schneider Electric developing, selling, licensing, or maintaining offensive cyber capabilities, zero-day exploit tools, or digital weapons systems, nor of such tools being deployed by Israeli state actors 2.

AI, Algorithmic & Autonomous Systems

No public evidence identified of Schneider Electric providing AI, machine learning, computer vision, or autonomous decision-support systems to Israeli state, military, or security bodies 7.

No public evidence identified of Schneider Electric’s AI models being trained on, or provided access to, civilian population data, intercepted communications, or surveillance-derived datasets originating from Israel or occupied territories 9.

No public evidence identified of Schneider Electric providing autonomous target generation, automated threat detection for kinetic purposes, or autonomous tracking systems to Israeli military or security forces 9.

Technology Ecosystem & R&D Footprint

Schneider Electric’s Israel presence consists of startup partnerships and investments through its “Innovation at the Edge” programme, not company-run R&D facilities 310. The company operates an Israeli subsidiary (Schneider Electric Israel Ltd) for sales and distribution, with no confirmed R&D facility 3105.

Schneider Electric invested $10 million in Grove II fund ($120 million total) in February 2020, managed by Grove Ventures, for Israeli startup investment 11. SE Ventures participated in a $20 million Series B funding round for Prisma Photonics in February 2022, alongside Insight Partners and Future Energy Ventures 12. Barbara Frei, EVP Industrial Automation at Schneider Electric, stated: “This investment comes in the footsteps of a commercial agreement we signed with Prisma Photonics last year” 12. Schneider Electric planned to invest in 12 Israeli startups at seed/feasibility stages in 2018, with initial investment estimated at $25 million 13.

Schneider Electric acquired 100% of AVEVA in January 2023 14. No evidence found of AVEVA maintaining any Israeli R&D facilities before or after the acquisition 15. AVEVA’s global office locations do not include Israel 15.

No public evidence identified of patent co-filings or licensing arrangements with Israeli universities (Technion, Hebrew University, Weizmann Institute) in publicly available patent databases or corporate IP disclosures 15.

Civil Society Scrutiny & Regulatory History

Schneider Electric is NOT listed in the UN OHCHR settlement database, neither the original 112 companies from 2020 nor the updated list 16. Direct search for “Schneider Electric” in the Who Profits database returned no results, though the Pelco connection is documented through KairosResponse.org 4. Schneider Electric is NOT among the 104 companies identified in the Don’t Buy Into Occupation (DBIO) Report V 2025 917.

KairosResponse.org (Methodist divestment advocacy group) includes Schneider Electric in its corporate database due to the Pelco settlement connection — documenting “security cameras being used by the illegal settlements such as those in the Silwan neighborhood of East Jerusalem” 4. BDS Movement campaign materials reference Schneider Electric in the context of settlement infrastructure provision, consistent with the Pelco connection 4. No specific Schneider Electric press statement or investor communication responding to BDS campaign allegations has been identified 4.

No public evidence identified of regulatory inquiries, export control actions, or sanctions-related investigations involving Schneider Electric’s technology sales or services to Israeli state entities 8. Schneider Electric Buildings Americas paid $11 million in 2020 to resolve False Claims Act and Anti-Kickback Act violations related to federal energy savings performance contracts — unrelated to Israeli technology supply chains 4.

No public evidence identified of OECD National Contact Point complaints filed against Schneider Electric in the complaints database 8.

End Notes

Footnotes

  1. https://www.automation.com/article/claroty-announces-cybersecurity-partnership-with-s ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8

  2. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/claroty-secures-150-million-in-series-f-funding-to-lead-charge-on-securing-the-worlds-mission-critical-infrastructure-302667496.html ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  3. https://blog.se.com/innovation/2019/07/schneider-electric-global-innovation-summit-israel/ ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4

  4. https://www.kairosresponse.org/companies_in_umc_investments.html ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8 ↩9 ↩10 ↩11 ↩12

  5. https://www.bloomberg.com/ ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Nimbus ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4

  7. https://www.prnewswire.co.uk/news-releases/schneider-electric-enables-predictive-maintenance-at-israel-electric-corporation-to-boost-reliability-616302534.html ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5

  8. https://www.oecdwatch.org/complaints-database ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  9. https://dontbuyintooccupation.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/2025-DBIO-V-report-1.pdf ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  10. https://blog.se.com/innovation/2020/12/14/israelinnovationecosystem ↩ ↩2

  11. https://globalventuring.com/blog/2020/02/24/schneider-electric-plugs-into-120m-grove-fund ↩

  12. https://fev.vc/prisma-photonics-raises-20-million ↩ ↩2

  13. https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-schneider-electric-to-invest-in-12-israeli-startups-1001242485 ↩

  14. https://www.aveva.com/en/about/news/press-releases/2023/schneider-electric-completes-acquisition-of-aveva/ ↩

  15. https://www.aveva.com/en/about/about-aveva/locations ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  16. https://www.ohchr.org/en/business/bhr-database ↩

  17. https://dontbuyintooccupation.org/ ↩