Operational technology, secured with strategy
By 2027, 75% of security teams will rely on at least five integrated tools to secure their critical operational environments, up from just one or two today. (Gartner, 2023.) OT cybersecurity is no longer optional.
Zero Trust in OT environments. Risk identification and mitigation. Preparedness and response.
In order to defend OT, we hack it
ON2IT’s OT Research Group runs live demonstrations against real industrial systems, not simulations. Every hack the X scenario surfaces vulnerabilities operators didn’t know they had, and shows how Zero Trust stops the chaos before it reaches the physical world.
Threats to industrial IoT
More threats exploit the growing convergence of IT and OT, plus supply chain vulnerabilities, and a sharp rise in specialised IIoT-targeted malware. The good news: recent incidents are a goldmine of lessons for securing IIoT environments.
Convergence cuts both ways
Bringing IT and OT closer enables modern operations. It also opens new lateral movement paths, especially when network boundaries were designed for static, isolated PLCs.
Vendor risk becomes operational risk
From firmware updates to integrators with remote access, OT supply chains contain trust relationships that often outlive the original threat assumptions.
Purpose-built, not opportunistic
A new generation of malware targets industrial protocols and devices specifically. Defending against it requires OT-aware detection, not just IT tooling stretched sideways.
Changes impacting OT
Global cybersecurity regulations increasingly reach into OT, especially for critical infrastructure. National regulations are emerging too, pushing a more holistic IT/OT approach and board-level accountability. Compliance now demands specialised expertise and continuous monitoring.
Risk, reporting, board-level ownership
NIS2 brings OT cybersecurity under the same risk-management, incident-reporting and supply-chain obligations as IT, with personal accountability at the top.
North America’s critical infrastructure standard
Mandatory reliability standards for the bulk power system, covering access control through incident reporting for OT operators.
The global blueprint for industrial control systems
Segmentation, access management and security lifecycle, enforced locally but recognised worldwide.
Articles on industrial cybersecurity
Real incidents, real lessons. The OT Research Group’s take on what’s breaking, and what to do about it.
Zero Trust for AI Agents
AI agents expand the attack surface. How Zero Trust protects non-human identities in modern enterprises.
OT Needs Zero Trust 2.0
IT/OT convergence breaks the old Purdue Model. Why static boundaries and implicit trust no longer hold up.
The Norwegian Dam Cyberattack
The Lake Risevatnet incident through the lens of the SANS Five ICS Critical Controls, and what could have stopped it.
Hack the Hospital: Cybersecurity Requires Critical Care
When an attacker takes over hospital systems, it’s the oxygen supply and the ICU that break, not a spreadsheet.
OT Security Lessons from a Train Hack
A two-decade-old braking system flaw resurfaces: unauthenticated radio signals that can trigger emergency brakes.
OT Cybersecurity 101
What Operational Technology actually is, and why securing physical systems takes a different playbook than IT.
MDR Prevent™, Anti-fragile Cybersecurity for OT
Business continuity is everything. Disruption is the real risk. We go beyond resilience with an anti-fragile Zero Trust approach, acting in real time, with no delays and no bottlenecks. Discover how MDR Prevent for OT stops breaches before they stop you.
Act, don’t just alert
Our 24/7 gSOC™ doesn’t hand you a ticket and wait for acknowledgement. We act on what we see, aligned to your change windows and operational tolerance.
Designed for OT, not retrofitted
Protect surface mapping, micro-segmentation, identity-aware access, applied to OT environments without breaking deterministic operations.
Each incident makes us stronger
Learnings from real incidents feed straight back into detection, response and prevention, for every customer, not just the one affected.
Talk to our OT specialists
From the production floor to the bridge to the operating room, we’ve defended it. Tell us about your environment and we’ll show you what an anti-fragile Zero Trust OT defence looks like in practice.