Critical Differentiators Between IoT and OT Cybersecurity (and why Cyderes can help):

1. Human Factor in OT:

·       Safety First: Cyderes understands the critical link between OT security and human safety. They offer risk assessments and vulnerability management tailored explicitly to OT environments, helping to prevent incidents that could lead to injury or harm.

·       OT Expertise: Cyderes employs security professionals with deep expertise in industrial control systems (ICS) and OT environments. They can bridge the knowledge gap between IT and OT, ensuring adequate security strategies.

2. Deeply Embedded Legacy Systems:

·       Visibility and Control: Cyderes helps organisations gain visibility into their legacy OT systems, identify vulnerabilities, and implement compensating controls to mitigate risk.

·       Proprietary Protocol Knowledge: Cyderes's team possesses the expertise to analyse and secure OT networks using proprietary protocols, ensuring comprehensive threat detection and response.

3. Real-time Constraints:

·       Performance-Optimised Security: Cyderes optimises security solutions for real-time environments, minimising latency and ensuring operational continuity.

·       Fail-Safe Integration: Cyderes integrates security measures with existing fail-safe mechanisms, enhancing security without compromising safety or availability.

4. Physical Access and Environmental Factors:

·       Remote Site Security: Cyderes offers solutions for securing remote OT sites, including physical security assessments, intrusion detection systems, and remote monitoring capabilities.

·       Environmental Hardening: Through robust infrastructure and security controls, Cyderes helps organisations harden their OT systems against environmental threats, such as electromagnetic interference and power surges.

5. Convergence Challenges:

·       Secure Integration: Cyderes provides secure integration solutions for converging IT and OT networks, minimising the attack surface and ensuring seamless communication.

·       Collaboration and Communication: Cyderes fosters collaboration between IT and OT teams, facilitating effective communication and shared responsibility for cybersecurity.

Why Cyderes?

·       Comprehensive Solutions: Cyderes offers a full range of cybersecurity services, including managed security services, threat detection and response, vulnerability management, and incident response, tailored explicitly for OT/IoT environments.

·       Global Expertise: With a global presence and a team of experienced professionals, Cyderes can support organisations of all sizes and across various industries.

·       Focus on Innovation: Cyderes leverages cutting-edge technologies and threat intelligence to proactively address emerging threats and vulnerabilities in the OT/IoT landscape.

By addressing these critical differentiators and offering specialised expertise, Cyderes helps organisations navigate the complex challenges of securing their OT and IoT environments, ensuring operational resilience, safety, and business continuity.