Control Logic
Why Industrial Networks Need Purpose-Built Security
Operational Technology (OT) networks were historically designed assuming they were physically isolated but remote monitoring, vendor support access, and IT/OT data integration have closed that air gap at most modern plants. A flat, unsegmented network means a single compromised laptop or remote connection can reach your PLCs and DCS directly. The IEC 62443 standard the primary international framework for industrial cybersecurity exists specifically to address this, using zones and conduits to contain risk rather than relying on a single perimeter firewall.
Hive Automation designs and hardens industrial networks with this zones-and-conduits approach from day one, so security is structural rather than an afterthought bolted onto an existing flat network.
