Cybersecurity for Critical Infrastructure Industries

Critical sectors and operators across energy, water, telecommunications and transportation provide fundamental services that form the backbone of society. Yet, this centrality also makes them prime targets for cyber criminals seeking to cause large-scale disruption or gain control over vital assets.

With mixed IT and OT environments, the rise of the Internet of Things, and recent political tensions, these industries require a tailored solution that can increase resilience in the high-risk environment they operate.

Why critical infrastructure is different

OT estates run for decades, can’t be patched on a normal cadence, and often speak protocols the modern security stack doesn’t natively understand. Bolting an IT-centric SIEM onto an OT environment misses the threats that matter — and floods analysts with the ones that don’t.

How Blacklight helps

• Native OT correlation — connectors and parsers for the protocols that run plants and pipelines, not just office networks.
• Asset-aware detection — rules that understand the difference between a misconfigured HMI and a hostile reconnaissance scan.
• Compliance built-in — reporting aligned to NIS2, NIST CSF and sector-specific frameworks.

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