Policies and standards that support secure operations, meet obligations and work in live industrial environments.
Many organisations have cybersecurity policies, standards and procedures developed for enterprise IT. They may set sensible security expectations, but do not always account for the systems, people and constraints found in operational environments.
OT assets can be long-lived, difficult to patch and supported by a mix of internal teams, vendors and service providers. Access may be needed outside normal hours, changes may depend on restricted maintenance windows and operators need clear, practical direction when production, safety and service continuity are at stake.
Without OT-specific policy and standards, teams can apply controls inconsistently, rely on informal workarounds or struggle to show that security requirements are understood and followed. Documents may exist, but ownership, approval paths, exceptions and evidence are often unclear.
Implicit OT develops OT policies, standards and supporting procedures around the environment they are intended to govern. We consider the assets, services, support arrangements and operational activities involved, along with the sector and organisational obligations that shape what is required.
We work with the people who design, operate, maintain and support the environment to define clear requirements for the activities that create the greatest operational and cyber risk. This includes access, change, supplier activity, asset management, monitoring and incident response.
Our engineering-led approach turns policy into practical direction. Rather than repurposing generic IT templates, we create a usable framework that supports day-to-day decisions, project delivery, assurance activity and ongoing improvement across the OT lifecycle.
OT-specific policies that define security expectations, responsibilities and governance for industrial systems and supporting services.
Clear requirements for employee, contractor and vendor access to OT environments, including approvals, authentication, monitoring and review.
Practical controls for changes to OT networks, control systems and supporting infrastructure, from planning and testing through to implementation and rollback.
Defined security requirements for suppliers, maintainers, integrators and remote support providers across onboarding, access, assurance and offboarding.
Usable procedures, templates and decision points that help teams apply policy consistently during normal operations, maintenance and project activity.
Defined ownership, exception management, review cycles and evidence requirements to keep OT policy current, practical and defensible.
Share your environment details. We’ll come on‑site to design a security program that fits your operations, not fights them.
