The Operational Technology Hub

OT Connectivity is Inevitable; Ownership is a Choice

Every device that enters a commercial building is ready to connect the moment it's plugged in. From no ownership, to vendor gray areas, to full enterprise IT: the levels of OT network ownership we see across the community, and how to move up one.

Construction Project Cyber Attack: Mid-build, construction drawing ransomware forced teams to revert to a 2-week old backup or pay the Bitcoin ransom

Montgomery Technologies recounted a ransomware attack on a major project's construction drawings that sent 90% of workers home the same day, forced a restart from a two-week-old backup, and added five weeks to the timeline.

Why Occupancy-Based HVAC Control in a NYC High-Rise Required Sensors, Gateways, VLANs, and a FieldServer Before Touching the BMS

Grumman Butkus and R-Zero ran occupancy-based ventilation in a Manhattan tower where the sensor data had to cross a BACnet gateway, a VLAN, a firewall, and an MSA FieldServer security gate before reaching the Siemens Desigo BMS, with control staying local and analytics in the cloud.