Operational technology (OT) outages and attacks can disrupt daily life, affecting critical infrastructure, power plants, traffic systems, patient care, and supply chains. OT security—alongside physical protections like guards and fences—requires real-time monitoring, AV, intrusion detection, FIM, active response, and network segmentation. These OT security controls are outlined in IEC 62443, NIST SP 800-82, and standards like ISO 27001, NERC CIP, and 10 CFR 73.54.
Discover how Atomicorp can help to meet these OT security and compliance challenges, including on legacy OT hardware operating systems. Don’t want to risk the disruption of a security software integration? Atomicorp offers intrusion detection response, compliance, and web application security solutions that work in agentless mode to protect mission-critical OT systems in plants, factories and other sites.
Operational Technology (OT) Security and Compliance
OT security protects against system and plant downtime, encompassing physical, mechanical and digital components and processes. A cybersecurity focus is needed to protect OT environments from intruders and malware that attempt to take control of OT systems and machinery to disrupt production, damage equipment and materials, and in some cases threaten, extort or damage the facility, organization, or state.
OT security involves:
- Protecting critical infrastructure to prevent large-scale outages that affect lives
- Preventing operational downtime, which can result in financial loss
- Reducing the risk of physical damage caused by attackers exploiting convergent IT and OT systems
- Monitoring OT assets to be able to detect when intrusion or malware is present
- Protecting data integrity and confidentiality so sensitive information can’t be used to steal credentials, compromise individuals, and infiltrate and hijack OT systems.
OT compliance requirements are largely defined by standards like IEC 62443 and NIST 800-82, which emphasize reliability, safety, and resilience alongside cybersecurity and risk management. Other OT standards overlap with NIST 800-82 and IEC 62443. However, individual controls can be specific to an industry or the nature of the OT environment.
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Bolster OT Security, Compliance, and Management
Atomicorp, an XDR and compliance solution provider, helps to address many of the NIST 800-82, IEC 62443 and 10 CFR 73.54 OT security controls achievable through software.
Don’t let a lack of visibility and cyberprotection over a legacy OT environment leave you at risk, particularly if you are using unpatched, unsupported OS software. Atomicorp provides:
Built In-Compliance Controls
Meet foundational and specific OT compliance controls through Atomicorp software, including NIST 800-82 AC (least privilege, RBAC), NIST 800-82 AU (event logging, audit records, compliance reporting), NIST 800-82 SI (AV, FIM, anomaly detection, vulnerability management), timely response (automated rules, alerts, forensics), configuration management (deny by default, system and configuration hardening), and network segmentation (NIST 800-82 SC).
Multiplatform Support
OT environments require critical security features such as AV, malware prevention, vulnerability scanning, FIM, and defense-in-depth features such as firewalls. Our log analysis works across Linux, Windows, AIX, Solaris, HP-UX, and additional operating systems and platforms to answer the crucial question of what changed. We can do this through on-device agents, or via an agentless deployment that can protect vulnerable legacy and end-of-life OT operating systems.
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Defense in Depth
Even with Internet access blocked and OT facilities isolated, adversaries can still infiltrate for financial gain or to target high-value assets. Atomic OSSEC layers security and contingency measures, including malware memory analysis to detect fileless malware hiding in memory, AV and firewalling capabilities to block lateral movement, and data loss prevention (DLP). Atomicorp’s Atomic WAF complements internal intrusion prevention by protecting the web application layer, including web apps, APIs, websites, hosting panels, acceleration engines, and overall web presence.
An Attractive Price
Protect your OT / IT systems and points of convergence with a versatile security solution that works across new, legacy and EOL versions of Windows, Linux, AIX, Solaris OSs, and embedded Linux systems such as Linux IoT. The Atomic OSSEC XDR and compliance solution is available for as low as under $5 per month per device, or as an agentless deployment. Like with all Atomicorp products, you get professional support to assist with use, system optimization, proper configurations, and maintenance.
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Configuration Management, System Integrity, and FIM for OT Environments
Atomic OSSEC file integrity monitoring (FIM), log-based monitoring, and CM and SI controls alert you to when configuration and system management settings have changed, and provide information essential for maintaining optimum availability, production and safety at a plant or critical infrastructure site. Visit our FIM page.
Read the latest FIM blog, which highlights three key technical use cases: 1) real-time file integrity monitoring, 2) maintaining a system of record for compliance, and 3) capturing detailed “who data” to identify where, when, how, and by whom changes were made to OT systems.
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Operational Technology Compliance Controls
Is compliance with operational technology (OT) standards such as NIST 800-82, NERC CIP, and 10 CFR 73.54 your pressing need? We provide software controls for access control, system integrity, system auditing, and a lot more in a single toolset.
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Operational Technology Management Software Tools
Do you need digital monitoring and change detection for your legacy or end-of-life OT environment?
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