The methodology
Industrial Cybersecurity is a long-term journey.Not a 6-month project.
Four capabilities. Scores 0–3. One next How-to. Cyber and operations work together to defend your industrial operations from cyberattack — without stopping the line.
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Industrial Cybersecurity is a journey.
Industrial Cybersecurity isn’t a point-in-time project. It’s a long-term journey that unfolds over years. Before you do anything else, you need a co-owner on the shop floor who can help you understand the operational constraints impacting your program.
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Score 0–3.
In 10 seconds, you can assess the maturity of your environment. Score yourself from 0–3 across 4 metrics, and you’ll know where you stand and what you do next.
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Follow the program.
picsel.ai will tell you what to do next, how to do it, and what to look out for. Take the journey step by step and protect your industrial systems from cyberattacks.
Score your site
Move each slider from 0 to 3. The definition and the next move update instantly.
- Level 00123
0 — No working relationship — or a hostile one.
- Level 00123
0 — No live OT inventory.
- Level 00123
0 — No firewall between IT and OT.
- Level 00123
0 — You find out when the process breaks.
The journey
3–5 years is a realistic timeframe, but you’ll deliver business value every quarter.
From baseline maturity of zero to level 3 is achievable in 3–5 years with the right priorities and stakeholder alignment. Work together with your OT counterparts, be realistic, and you can execute your program. picsel.ai will help you every step of the way.
- 01Week 1
Reality Check
Find an ally on the shopfloor who can guide you. Co-own the program. It’s not about your cyber program — it’s about how you prevent a cyberattack from impacting safety and production.
- 02Q1–Q2
Make Governance Real
Name who speaks for the site. Write the Charter together. If Stakeholder Governance is 0, do not skip to fancy detection.
- 03Year 1
See and bound
Asset and Risk Visibility to 1: inventory that flags risk. Segmentation and Controls to 1: firewall at the boundary. Detection to 1: the tool can actually alert.
- 04Year 2+
Zones and access
Map conduits. Kill persistent vendor VPNs. Session-audited remote access. Logs into the SOC. Annual TTX with OT in the room.
- 05Year 3–5
Co-owned program
Ops co-own the program. Enriched inventory. Zone enforcement you can evidence. A working SOC–plant relationship.
Keys to success
- 1.OT dictates the pace of your program. If they aren’t co-owners, you won’t succeed.
- 2.Safety, Reliability and Productivity are the priorities, in that order.
- 3.Cyber isn’t the event. It’s the root cause of an operational event — a safety or production impact.
- 4.Keep it simple. picsel is designed to be simple. Waste time planning a complex program and you’ll get popped before you start working.
- 5.Execute in order. Stakeholders endorse the program. Visibility identifies your gaps. Controls cover the gaps. Detection brings it together so you can coordinate your defences.
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Don’t overcomplicate things. Take the key steps and protect your industrial network.