OT Cybersecurity Services

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Introduction

The mass adoption of IIoT and IT devices over the past two decades has greatly expanded the connectivity, automation, and digitization of industrial machinery. As plant operations become increasingly digitized, the risk of cyber threats targeting these control systems has also grown significantly.

Conventional OT solutions are designed primarily with a focus on operational efficiency and safety, and often lack the robust protective measures needed to defend against modern and sophisticated cyber-attacks in an ever-changing IT landscape.

Threats like malware, ransomware, zero-day exploits, insider attacks, and Denial-of-Service (DoS) pose serious risks to critical infrastructure, potentially causing operational disruptions, remote takeovers, data breaches, or physical damage. Securing both IT and OT environments is essential to maintaining operational resilience and protecting industrial infrastructure from these growing threats.

equalOT Lab's Business Continuity Toolkit (BCT) includes a powerful cybersecurity module, designed around the NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF v1.1). It leverages defense-in-depth strategies and a zero-trust architecture to effectively address modern cybersecurity challenges. Key features include:

End Point Health Checks

To Identify OT/IT Assets with Health Issues requiring immediate actions. Asset/Inventory collection is optimized intelligently via randomized scheduled data collection algorithm and collected data is cross-referenced with latest DHS National Vulnerability Database.

Risk Assessment Matrix Population

Provides a clear view of organizational assets and potential attack surfaces, improving risk management in OT environments.

Performance Config. Assessments

Ensures security controls, and asset exposure across connected computers, servers, DCS, PLCs/SIS/ESDs within Facilities so that these are evaluated and remediated timely.

IT Disaster Recovery plans

Based on the ISO 24762 standard ensuring encrypted backups are routinely stored in secure onsite and cloud environments, mitigating ransomware and DoS risks.

Policy Compliance services

Reporting and Scanning features ensure key Cybersecurity measures are in place, such as disabling guest accounts, deactivating USB ports, and disabling DHCP to prevent unauthorized access, data leaks, and exploitation by malicious entities.

Key Benefits

  • Enhanced Asset Protection: Continuous endpoint health checks help identify vulnerabilities in IT and OT assets, ensuring timely remediation and reducing the risk of cyberattacks on critical systems.

  • Improved Risk Management: The risk assessment matrix provides clear visibility into assets and attack surfaces, allowing for better prioritization of cybersecurity efforts and more informed decision-making.

  • Proactive Security Monitoring: Intelligent asset/inventory collection ensures up-to-date insights into system health, preventing potential threats before they can cause operational disruptions.

  • Comprehensive Security Posture: Facility performance configuration assessments ensure that security controls and the overall cybersecurity posture are continually evaluated, keeping industrial systems resilient against evolving threats.

  • Business Continuity Assurance: Encrypted, automated backups following ISO 24762 standards ensure data integrity and availability, protecting against ransomware, denial-of-service attacks, and other incidents that could disrupt operations.

  • Minimized Downtime: The solution ensures that operational risks are mitigated, reducing the likelihood of downtime, preserving productivity, and safeguarding critical industrial processes.

  • Regulatory Compliance: Adhering to NIST CSF v1.1 and ISO 24762 standards ensures compliance with industry regulations, enhancing trust and credibility in industrial cybersecurity practices.
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