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Six verticals. One lifecycle.

Every vertical stands alone. Together, under our end-to-end engagement, they take an operator from blind spot to assured resilience, with every step evidenced in OTMATIX.

Vertical 01 / Assess

OT Security Assessment

“Where do we actually stand, and what could really break the process?”

  1. 1.1
    OT Security Posture Assessment against all seven IEC 62443 Foundational Requirements
  2. 1.2
    ThePlantWalk

    On-site security walkdown, asset by asset, by senior practitioners

  3. 1.3
    OT Asset Inventory and Network Visibility

    A complete, living map of assets and flows

  4. 1.4
    OT Cyber Risk Assessment

    Zones, conduits and target security levels per IEC 62443-3-2

  5. 1.5
    OT Penetration Testing on non-production and representative systems, never the live process
  6. 1.6
    OT Security Due Diligence for mergers and acquisitions
Carried in OTMATIX by
  • Assets
  • Compliance
  • Risk
  • Governance
  • Deviations
Vertical 02 / Design

Architecture & Engineering

“What should the defensible plant look like, by design?”

  1. 2.1
    OT Network Architecture and Segmentation Design

    Zones, conduits and the industrial DMZ

  2. 2.2
    Isolated domains independent of corporate Active Directory, with secure remote access patterns
  3. 2.3
    Safety Instrumented System Security

    IEC 62443 and IEC 61511 converged, so no cyber event can defeat a safety function

  4. 2.4
    Secure by Design for Capital Projects

    Security embedded from FEED through commissioning

  5. 2.5
    Phased migration plans that protect availability at every step
Carried in OTMATIX by
  • Assets
  • Risk
  • Governance
  • BCM
Vertical 03 / Govern

Governance, Risk & Compliance

“How do we run security as a discipline that survives audits and staff turnover?”

  1. 3.1
    OT Cybersecurity Governance aligned to IEC 62443-2-1, with Micro Governance

    Control ownership down to the individual asset

  2. 3.2
    OT Security Strategy, Roadmap and Investment Case the board can endorse
  3. 3.3
    OT Policies, Standards and Procedures tailored to plant reality
  4. 3.4
    Regulatory Compliance and Certification Readiness

    IEC 62443, NCA OTCC, NCA ECC, NIS2, ADHICS, NESA and NERC CIP, with one control satisfying many frameworks

Vertical 04 / Protect

Implementation & Hardening

“How do we make the design real without ever risking the process?”

  1. 4.1
    Network Segmentation Implementation

    Every change validated, tested and reversible, with operations holding the final word

  2. 4.2
    Secure Configuration and System Hardening

    Baselines and golden images per asset class

  3. 4.3
    OT Identity, Access and Secure Remote Access on least privilege, brokered and monitored
  4. 4.4
    OT Vulnerability and Patch Management prioritised by process impact, not raw CVE score, with compensating controls where patching is not feasible
Carried in OTMATIX by
  • Assets
  • TPRM
  • Users
  • Compliance
  • Deviations
  • Mitigation
Vertical 05 / Operate

Monitoring & Response

“Can we see what is coming, and are we rehearsed to act?”

  1. 5.1
    OT Threat Detection and Continuous Monitoring by named senior OT engineers, around the clock
  2. 5.2
    Tool agnostic across Dragos, Claroty, Nozomi, Tenable OT and Microsoft Defender for IoT
  3. 5.3
    OT Incident Response Planning and Exercises

    Playbooks, safe state procedures, tabletop and technical simulations

  4. 5.4
    OT Threat Intelligence and Advisories written for your sector and region, in a language a board can act on
Carried in OTMATIX by
  • Assets
  • Users
  • Compliance
  • Mitigation
Vertical 06 / Sustain

Managed Services & Training

“How does this endure beyond a project, and who runs it with us?”

  1. 6.1
    OT Security Training and Competency Development

    Role-based, field-assessed, in English, Arabic and Urdu

  2. 6.2
    Third Party and Supply Chain Security Assurance per IEC 62443-2-4, 4-1 and 4-2
  3. 6.3
    Virtual OT CISO and Retained Advisory

    One named senior practitioner, permanently accountable

  4. 6.4
    Managed OT Governance and Compliance

    Your programme run for you inside OTMATIX, your authority retained

One partner. Three ways to run it.

The whole journey under one multi-year agreement, one governance cadence and one evidence trail in OTMATIX. Authority and approvals always stay with you. Pick the model that fits.

Co-managed
Your team runs · 45%We run · 55%

Senior practitioners run the programme with you inside OTMATIX, anchored by a Virtual OT CISO. You retain authority and approval rights; the programme never stalls when your team is stretched.

Let’s secure every layer of your plant.

Begin with an OT Security Posture Assessment and ThePlantWalk. An evidenced view of your OT risk, and a clear path to the level of security you choose to hold.

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