Plant environments where office IT and operational technology share a network, legacy controllers can’t be patched, and an hour of outage has a number attached to it.
The Real Problem
Office IT gets replaced every four years. The controller running a production line was commissioned in 2009 and will run until the machine is retired. When both live on the same flat network, an ordinary phishing click can reach the plant floor — and the equipment vendor’s support contract says you cannot patch it.
Machine controllers reachable from any desk means a routine compromise becomes a production stoppage.
Patching voids the support agreement, so the system stays vulnerable by contractual design.
Second and third shift run without coverage, so an overnight failure waits for the morning crew.
Nobody has decided what comes back first, so recovery becomes an argument during the outage.
What We Handle
Production systems separated from office traffic so an ordinary compromise cannot reach the line.
Unpatchable controllers contained with compensating controls rather than left flat and hoped over.
Support hours built around when production actually runs, including overnight escalation.
Recovery sequencing decided in advance, ordered by what actually restores production first.
Cabling and wireless engineered for an environment with interference, dust, and distance.
We work alongside your equipment vendors so support agreements stay intact while risk gets managed.
If you know that number, the rest of the conversation is straightforward. Let’s walk your plant.
