Proactive Security Architecture for Your OT Infrastructure

In OT environments without a Disaster Recovery model, major losses often grow during restoration, not at attack onset. Field observations show that when SCADA, historian, and recipe server runbooks are missing, the first correct action is delayed for hours. If backups are not validated, restore attempts can fail under pressure, extending downtime and triggering revenue, penalty, and reputation damage together. A drilled DR architecture breaks this chain.

• Untested runbooks push teams into conflicting actions during crisis.
• Late detection of corrupted backups can eliminate the recovery window.
• If SCADA/historian is not restored, quality and traceability data can be lost.

OT penetration testing is a controlled method to expose weaknesses that could stop production before adversaries exploit them. Field scenarios show that weak remote access, shared engineering credentials, and unnecessary inter-segment permissions let one compromised identity move toward critical process control. Without testing, these gaps remain hidden for months; when incidents occur, response cost, unplanned downtime, and safety exposure rise together.

• If unauthorized access reaches control networks, full production stop becomes realistic.
• Credential and segmentation weaknesses expand ransomware blast radius rapidly.
• Security budgets lose impact when priorities are set without real testing evidence.