Range · OT security for industrial plants in Dubai and the UAE

OT security · Dubai · UAE

Normal is arange.

We find every way into your plant’s control systems, including the ones nobody drew, and show you how to close them.

Line 2
Cabinet 4
Found
4G modem
Drawn
On no drawing
Path
Cellular → vendor cloud
Sample
Dubai · 25°11′N 55°16′E--:--:-- GST · --:--:-- UTC

Follow one way in · L5 → L0

L5Enterprise

It starts in the office. Email, ERP, the cloud. Your IT team looks after this part.

ENT-01ERPENT-02EmailENT-04Remote access portal
Film still at level L5

L4Business network

Office PCs, printers, guest Wi-Fi. Same building as the line, and often closer to it than the drawings show.

BIZ-01Office PCsBIZ-03PrintersBIZ-04Guest Wi-Fi
Film still at level L4

L3.5The boundary

The wall between the office and the plant. On paper it is the only way through. We check whether it is.

  1. 01 · Drawing
  2. 02 · Firewall
  3. 03 · Cabinets
  4. 04 · Found
Film still at level L3.5

L3Site operations

Inside the cabinet: the historian and the engineering workstation. We list what is on the rail and compare it with the drawing.

OPS-01Plant historianOPS-02Engineering WS
Film still at level L3

L2Supervisory

The screens operators watch, and the laptops vendors plug in. Every connection here should be on a drawing.

SUP-01HMI 01SUP-03SCADA serverSUP-05Vendor laptop
Film still at level L2

L1Control

The controllers that open valves and start motors. In our sample plant, one has a 4G modem fitted after commissioning. It is on no drawing.

CTL-01PLC 01CTL-04Safety PLCCTL-064G modemSample
Film still at level L1

L0Process

The valve, the pump, the flow meter. Every value has a range it lives in. You get every path that can reach them, ranked by consequence.

PRC-02Control valvePRC-04PumpPRC-06Flow meter
Film still at level L0

Sectors

The plants we work in.

Nine kinds of privately owned plant across the UAE. Open a sheet to see how one runs, and where the ways in usually are.

RunSheet 01 / 09Water & WastewaterRunSheet 02 / 09Metals & MiningRunSheet 03 / 09Logistics & Cold ChainRunSheet 04 / 09Food & BeverageRunSheet 05 / 09Buildings & FacilitiesRunSheet 06 / 09PharmaceuticalsRunSheet 07 / 09Plastics & PackagingRunSheet 08 / 09Private HealthcareRunSheet 09 / 09Manufacturing