Industrial networks.
Secured from
the inside out.
OT security assessments, ICS penetration testing, OT/IT segmentation design and compliance support for critical infrastructure. IT expertise applied to industrial environments.
OT environments break
different rules.
Standard IT security tools, methodologies and timelines do not apply when a vulnerability can trigger a physical consequence. We know the difference and we work within the constraints of live industrial environments.
Legacy systems running for decades
Equipment with 10 to 20 year certification cycles cannot be patched on a standard IT schedule. We assess and compensate around the constraints of what cannot be changed.
Proprietary industrial protocols
Modbus, DNP3, Profibus, HART and others require specialist knowledge to assess correctly. We understand the traffic and can identify anomalies that generic tools miss.
Regulations require human auditors
IEC 62443, NERC CIP, IEC 61511 and sector-specific regulations require documented human assessment and sign-off. Automated scanning alone does not satisfy these obligations.
Availability over confidentiality
In OT the priority order is reversed. A process that goes down costs more than data that is exposed. Every recommendation accounts for operational continuity first.
Vendor relationships matter
Reaching Siemens, Rockwell, Schneider or ABB support when something needs coordinated disclosure or a security patch is an industrial-specific skill that requires prior relationships.
One vulnerability means physical risk
In industrial environments a security gap is not just a data breach risk. It is a process safety risk. Our assessments are written with that consequence front and centre.
Every industry
with critical infrastructure.
Each sector has its own regulatory framework, its own protocol stack and its own risk profile. We scope every engagement to the specific environment.
Energy and Power
SCADA systems for grid management, substation automation, generation control networks. Remote access security for distributed infrastructure across large geographies.
Manufacturing
PLC and DCS networks on factory floors, MES connectivity, historian security, OT/IT convergence in Industry 4.0 environments where IT systems now touch production.
Water and Utilities
Treatment plant control systems, pumping station remote access, distribution network SCADA. Systems where a compromise can affect public health at municipal scale.
Healthcare and Pharmaceuticals
Building management systems, medical device networks, laboratory automation, HVAC control in cleanroom environments where a disruption has patient safety implications.
Transport and Logistics
Rail signalling systems, port terminal automation, airport ground systems. Networks where availability guarantees and safety case requirements constrain every change.
Oil, Gas and Chemicals
Pipeline SCADA, refinery DCS, safety instrumented systems. Process environments where a cybersecurity event can escalate to a process safety event within minutes.
Four specialized
consulting streams.
All services are IT and software focused. We assess, design and consult on the network, protocol and system configuration layer. No hardware installation or physical field work.
OT Security Assessment
End-to-end review of your OT network architecture against the Purdue Model and IEC 62443 zones and conduits. We identify misconfigurations, unprotected remote access paths, flat network segments and protocol-level vulnerabilities. Deliverable is a prioritised finding report with remediation guidance written for both IT and OT audiences.
ICS Penetration Testing
Controlled, non-disruptive penetration testing of ICS and SCADA networks. We test what an attacker could reach from the IT network, from a compromised engineering workstation or from a compromised Level 3 system. All testing is coordinated with your operations team and scheduled to avoid production impact. No testing on live safety systems.
OT/IT Segmentation Design
We design the network segmentation that separates your OT network from enterprise IT using the industrial DMZ pattern. This includes firewall rulesets, VLAN architecture, jump server configuration and secure remote access design. We produce the architecture document and can review the implementation against it.
Safety System Certification Support
We support your IEC 62443 or IEC 61511 compliance process with gap analysis, documentation review and the technical evidence required by auditors. We prepare the security level assessment for each zone and conduit and work with your certification body to answer technical questions during the audit process.
Safe, scheduled,
zero disruption.
Scope and safety review
We review your network diagrams, system inventory and any existing documentation before arriving onsite. Nothing is tested until we understand what is safety-critical and what the operational boundaries are.
Passive assessment first
We begin with passive network monitoring and architecture review. We identify what we can see without sending a single packet to a control system, and use that to plan any active testing carefully.
Controlled active testing
Active testing against agreed targets only, coordinated with your operations team and scheduled during planned maintenance windows. No testing on live safety systems under any circumstances.
Report and remediation plan
A prioritised finding report with every issue rated by exploitability and consequence. Remediation steps written for OT constraints such as no reboots during production, no automatic patching, and vendor-specific workarounds where patches are not available.
We do not start until everything on this list is confirmed. The additional two days of pre-engagement preparation prevents the kind of surprises that can disrupt operations or miss critical scope.
14 undocumented hosts on the control network is a common finding. Devices added during maintenance over the years that were never recorded. Every one is a potential entry point that nobody is monitoring.
All active testing halted at agreed scope boundary. The two critical findings were confirmed without sending a single packet to a live control device. Exploitation was simulated in a documented exercise only.
Both critical findings remediated within 14 days without a single production window required. The DMZ and jump server changes were made in the IT network layer without touching any OT device.
Industrial cyber security for automation and control systems
Critical infrastructure protection for bulk electric systems
Functional safety for safety instrumented systems
Guide to industrial control system security
EU network and information security directive for critical entities
Advisory-aligned assessment methodology for ICS vulnerabilities
Before we discuss
your environment.
Critical infrastructure
deserves
serious assessment.
Tell us your sector, your regulatory obligations and what you know about your current OT network. We will scope an engagement from there.
Request an assessment
Industrial networks.
Secured from
the inside out.
OT security assessments, ICS penetration testing, OT/IT segmentation design and compliance support for critical infrastructure. IT expertise applied to industrial environments.
OT environments break
different rules.
Standard IT security tools, methodologies and timelines do not apply when a vulnerability can trigger a physical consequence. We know the difference and we work within the constraints of live industrial environments.
Legacy systems running for decades
Equipment with 10 to 20 year certification cycles cannot be patched on a standard IT schedule. We assess and compensate around the constraints of what cannot be changed.
Proprietary industrial protocols
Modbus, DNP3, Profibus, HART and others require specialist knowledge to assess correctly. We understand the traffic and can identify anomalies that generic tools miss.
Regulations require human auditors
IEC 62443, NERC CIP, IEC 61511 and sector-specific regulations require documented human assessment and sign-off. Automated scanning alone does not satisfy these obligations.
Availability over confidentiality
In OT the priority order is reversed. A process that goes down costs more than data that is exposed. Every recommendation accounts for operational continuity first.
Vendor relationships matter
Reaching Siemens, Rockwell, Schneider or ABB support when something needs coordinated disclosure or a security patch is an industrial-specific skill that requires prior relationships.
One vulnerability means physical risk
In industrial environments a security gap is not just a data breach risk. It is a process safety risk. Our assessments are written with that consequence front and centre.
Every industry
with critical infrastructure.
Each sector has its own regulatory framework, its own protocol stack and its own risk profile. We scope every engagement to the specific environment.
Energy and Power
SCADA systems for grid management, substation automation, generation control networks. Remote access security for distributed infrastructure across large geographies.
Manufacturing
PLC and DCS networks on factory floors, MES connectivity, historian security, OT/IT convergence in Industry 4.0 environments where IT systems now touch production.
Water and Utilities
Treatment plant control systems, pumping station remote access, distribution network SCADA. Systems where a compromise can affect public health at municipal scale.
Healthcare and Pharmaceuticals
Building management systems, medical device networks, laboratory automation, HVAC control in cleanroom environments where a disruption has patient safety implications.
Transport and Logistics
Rail signalling systems, port terminal automation, airport ground systems. Networks where availability guarantees and safety case requirements constrain every change.
Oil, Gas and Chemicals
Pipeline SCADA, refinery DCS, safety instrumented systems. Process environments where a cybersecurity event can escalate to a process safety event within minutes.
Four specialized
consulting streams.
All services are IT and software focused. We assess, design and consult on the network, protocol and system configuration layer. No hardware installation or physical field work.
OT Security Assessment
End-to-end review of your OT network architecture against the Purdue Model and IEC 62443 zones and conduits. We identify misconfigurations, unprotected remote access paths, flat network segments and protocol-level vulnerabilities. Deliverable is a prioritised finding report with remediation guidance written for both IT and OT audiences.
ICS Penetration Testing
Controlled, non-disruptive penetration testing of ICS and SCADA networks. We test what an attacker could reach from the IT network, from a compromised engineering workstation or from a compromised Level 3 system. All testing is coordinated with your operations team and scheduled to avoid production impact. No testing on live safety systems.
OT/IT Segmentation Design
We design the network segmentation that separates your OT network from enterprise IT using the industrial DMZ pattern. This includes firewall rulesets, VLAN architecture, jump server configuration and secure remote access design. We produce the architecture document and can review the implementation against it.
Safety System Certification Support
We support your IEC 62443 or IEC 61511 compliance process with gap analysis, documentation review and the technical evidence required by auditors. We prepare the security level assessment for each zone and conduit and work with your certification body to answer technical questions during the audit process.
Safe, scheduled,
zero disruption.
Scope and safety review
We review your network diagrams, system inventory and any existing documentation before arriving onsite. Nothing is tested until we understand what is safety-critical and what the operational boundaries are.
Passive assessment first
We begin with passive network monitoring and architecture review. We identify what we can see without sending a single packet to a control system, and use that to plan any active testing carefully.
Controlled active testing
Active testing against agreed targets only, coordinated with your operations team and scheduled during planned maintenance windows. No testing on live safety systems under any circumstances.
Report and remediation plan
A prioritised finding report with every issue rated by exploitability and consequence. Remediation steps written for OT constraints such as no reboots during production, no automatic patching, and vendor-specific workarounds where patches are not available.
We do not start until everything on this list is confirmed. The additional two days of pre-engagement preparation prevents the kind of surprises that can disrupt operations or miss critical scope.
14 undocumented hosts on the control network is a common finding. Devices added during maintenance over the years that were never recorded. Every one is a potential entry point that nobody is monitoring.
All active testing halted at agreed scope boundary. The two critical findings were confirmed without sending a single packet to a live control device. Exploitation was simulated in a documented exercise only.
Both critical findings remediated within 14 days without a single production window required. The DMZ and jump server changes were made in the IT network layer without touching any OT device.
Industrial cyber security for automation and control systems
Critical infrastructure protection for bulk electric systems
Functional safety for safety instrumented systems
Guide to industrial control system security
EU network and information security directive for critical entities
Advisory-aligned assessment methodology for ICS vulnerabilities
Before we discuss
your environment.
Critical infrastructure
deserves
serious assessment.
Tell us your sector, your regulatory obligations and what you know about your current OT network. We will scope an engagement from there.
Request an assessment