ICS/OT SOC Deployment
Our SOC Deployment service builds dedicated security monitoring capability for your industrial environment. From use case definition through SIEM configuration, OT-specific detection engineering, playbook creation, and operational handover, we deliver a fully functional OT SOC integrated with your operations team.
Visibility That Understands Industrial Operations
An assessment shows you what your environment looked like on a specific date. It does not tell you what happened yesterday, or what is happening right now. Continuous OT monitoring closes that gap, but only when the technology understands industrial protocols and does not introduce latency into real-time control communications.
We build your OT SOC from the ground up: defining detection use cases mapped to MITRE ATT&CK for ICS, integrating log sources from firewalls, switches, IDS sensors, historians, and DCS event logs, configuring SIEM parsers for industrial data formats, and writing detection rules tuned to your specific traffic baselines. The result is a monitoring capability your team can operate and improve over time.
Platform Agnostic
We work with leading OT monitoring and SIEM platforms:
24/7 Visibility
Purpose-built monitoring that understands industrial protocols and process context
Engagement Methodology
Each phase is designed to deliver measurable progress while respecting the operational constraints of live industrial environments.
Use Case Definition
Define monitoring objectives and detection priorities based on the OT environment's risk profile. Identify critical assets, high-value targets, and attack scenarios the SOC must detect. Map use cases to MITRE ATT&CK for ICS techniques and prioritize by operational impact.
Log Source Integration
Identify, prioritize, and integrate log sources across the OT environment: firewalls, switches, IDS/IPS, historians, engineering workstations, DCS, and PLC event logs. Configure secure log forwarding without impacting real-time control communications or process performance.
SIEM Configuration and Tuning
Deploy and configure the SIEM platform for OT data ingestion. Build parsers for industrial log formats, configure correlation rules, set retention policies, and establish performance baselines. Tune the platform to handle OT-specific data volumes and event patterns.
OT-Specific Detection Rules
Build detection rules across three categories: signature-based detection mapped to known ICS threats, behavioral anomaly detection against established traffic baselines, and policy-based detection for unauthorized cross-zone traffic, rogue devices, or protocol violations.
Playbook Creation
Develop OT incident response playbooks for critical alert categories: unauthorized device detection, anomalous process communication, known exploit signatures, configuration changes, and remote access violations. Include triage steps, investigation procedures, containment actions, and escalation paths.
Alerting and Response Workflows
Configure alert routing, severity classification, and escalation workflows. Define SLAs for each alert tier. Build dashboards for SOC analysts and control room operators with clear visual indicators and actionable context for every alert type.
OT Integration and Handover
Integrate the SOC with existing OT operations: define coordination procedures between SOC analysts, control systems engineers, and plant operations. Deliver structured training, hand over all documentation, and establish a continuous improvement framework with recalibration schedules.
Frequently Asked Questions
An OT SOC monitors industrial control systems for cyber threats using detection rules tuned to OT-specific protocols, behaviors, and attack patterns. Unlike IT SOCs that prioritize data confidentiality, OT SOCs focus on safety and process availability. OT SOC analysts need to understand industrial protocols like Modbus TCP, DNP3, and OPC UA, recognize normal versus abnormal process behavior, and follow response procedures that never isolate a compromised host without first assessing the operational impact.
Service Deliverables
- Use case library mapped to MITRE ATT&CK for ICS
- Log source integration documentation
- SIEM configuration with OT-specific parsers and correlation rules
- Detection rule library with tuning documentation
- Incident response playbooks for OT alert categories
- SOC analyst training and operational handover package
- Continuous improvement framework with recalibration schedules
Frameworks We Align With
Industries Served
Start Your ICS/OT SOC Deployment Engagement
Tell us about your industrial environment and we will scope an engagement tailored to your systems, constraints, and objectives.