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IT and OT networks were never designed to be connected. Now they are. MES platforms pull data from PLCs. Engineers VPN into SCADA systems from hotel Wi-Fi. ERP integrations reach the factory floor. Each of these connections can be used to reach production systems. Brixio deploys Cloudflare to secure the boundary between IT and OT, without touching your operational technology.
Manufacturing Execution Systems read directly from PLCs and write to ERP. The integration creates a permanent data path between corporate IT and the production floor.
Engineers, vendors and contractors connect to SCADA, HMI and DCS from corporate offices, home networks and third-party sites. Legacy VPN grants network-wide access.
Industrial IoT sensors stream telemetry from production equipment to cloud analytics. Each connected sensor and each edge gateway is an entry point the legacy perimeter was never built to govern.
Cloud-based SCADA and historian platforms move operational data outside the traditional OT perimeter for centralised monitoring across plants. The perimeter dissolves at the cloud connector.
Brixio deploys Cloudflare on the IT side of the boundary and on OT-adjacent networks. We do not deploy into PLCs, SCADA or safety instrumented systems.
Policy-based segmentation between IT and OT networks without legacy MPLS or site-to-site VPN. Centralised firewall policies enforced at the edge across every plant, warehouse and office. Micro-segmentation aligned with IEC 62443 zone and conduit principles.
Engineers, vendors and contractors reach only the systems they need (MES, historian, HMI portals) without obtaining network-level access. Cloudflare Tunnel exposes internal apps without inbound ports. Device posture checks gate every session, every session is logged.
DNS is the most common first indicator of compromise in industrial environments. Gateway blocks malicious domains, command-and-control communications and phishing at the DNS layer. Split DNS isolates IT and OT resolution. Forensic visibility on every query.
Production systems exposed to the internet (remote monitoring, supply chain portals, B2B platforms) need protection against volumetric and application-layer attacks. Magic Transit applies BGP-based DDoS protection on entire IP ranges, with sub-second mitigation across 330+ cities.
MES dashboards, historian portals and HMI web access are attack surfaces that need application-layer protection. WAF with managed and custom rulesets tuned to industrial traffic, bot management against reconnaissance and credential stuffing, API Shield for IT/OT data exchange APIs.
The IT side of the boundary, plus OT-adjacent networks where corporate IT meets production technology.
Anything that runs the industrial process. Production uptime is non-negotiable, change management is strict, and OT teams own these layers.
IT-side first. Then progressive extension to OT-adjacent networks. Always under industrial change management.
Most engagements start with a regulator deadline: NIS2, IEC 62443, NESA, TISAX. Configurations are documented for audit defensibility.
IT/OT convergence is not limited to manufacturing. Any industry that operates physical infrastructure controlled by industrial systems faces the same boundary problem.
Production lines, assembly robots, quality control. Ransomware on the line equals revenue loss per minute.
Generation, transmission, distribution. SCADA on the grid is connected to corporate IT for monitoring.
Building management, connected medical devices, lab equipment. IT/OT convergence inside hospitals.
Fleet management, port operations, rail signalling. Connected infrastructure under the same boundary rules.
Upstream extraction, midstream transport, downstream refining. Remote SCADA over corporate connectivity.
Regulators across the EU, Middle East and Asia-Pacific are mandating cybersecurity controls for industrial operations. Brixio maps each requirement to a Cloudflare configuration and documents every decision for audit readiness.
Essential and important entities in critical sectors
Risk management, network segmentation, incident detection, supply chain security
CloudflareMagic WAN (segmentation), Zero Trust Access, Gateway, security event logging
Industrial automation and control systems
Zone and conduit model, access control, system integrity, network segmentation
CloudflareMagic WAN (zone segmentation), Zero Trust Access, Gateway DNS filtering
Critical infrastructure operators in the UAE
Critical infrastructure protection, access control, incident response
CloudflareZero Trust Access, WAF, DDoS protection, audit logging
NCII operators in Malaysia
NCII risk assessments, biennial audits, incident notification
CloudflareWAF, Zero Trust Access, security event logging, Magic WAN
Automotive supply chain (OEMs and suppliers)
Information security, prototype protection, secure data exchange
CloudflareZero Trust Access, DLP, WAF, audit logging
Critical Information Infrastructure (CII) operators
Critical information infrastructure, risk management, audits
CloudflareFull Cloudflare security stack
Cross-mappings available on request. Engagements typically combine NIS2 (EU) and IEC 62443 (process layer) for European deployments.
IT-side controls first. OT-adjacent extension under change windows. Never inside the process control layer.
We map the IT/OT boundary end-to-end. Every connection point between corporate IT and production networks, every remote access pattern, every existing segmentation control.
→ A shared, fact-based picture of the boundary, ready to drive scoping.
Cloudflare deployment designed around IEC 62443. Zones and conduits per site, segmentation policies, access rules, DNS filtering configurations. Each zone has a documented rollback path; the access matrix is mapped per role and per system.
→ A target architecture validated before any change touches production.
Magic WAN, Zero Trust Access and Gateway, on the IT side first. Connectors land on corporate edges. Remote access flows are governed for engineers, vendors and contractors.
→ No changes to OT systems at this stage.
Segmentation and DNS filtering extend to OT-adjacent networks. Under industrial change management, with windows aligned on production cycles. Each zone enables with a documented rollback path; validation runs in parallel with the OT team.
→ Full IT/OT segmentation in production, no deployment directly into PLCs or SCADA.
Audit-ready evidence, handed over. Configuration documentation, compliance cross-mapping (NIS2, IEC 62443, TISAX as applicable), runbooks for OT-aware incidents.
→ Knowledge transfer to internal teams. Every choice is traceable for regulator review.
Continue with managed services, support plans or emergency response. Continuous governance, reactive operations or incident response. Your choice.
→ The Cloudflare tenant stays under your ownership at every stage.
Six reasons that come up across every manufacturing, energy and infrastructure engagement.
A dedicated IT/OT Convergence Security practice. We understand the constraints: production uptime is non-negotiable, change management is strict, and OT teams do not trust IT vendors who claim to "secure OT".
A single platform for segmentation, access control, DNS filtering, DDoS protection and WAF, instead of stitching together separate tools from separate vendors.
Direct escalation to Cloudflare engineering. Documented, auditable delivery process aligned with NIS2 and IEC 62443 requirements.
Manufacturing groups and energy companies operate across dozens of plants. Brixio designs architectures that scale across sites with consistent policies from a single control plane.
We deploy IT-side controls and extend progressively. We never deploy directly into PLCs, SCADA systems or safety instrumented systems.
Engineers in Luxembourg, Paris, Dubai and Singapore. Industrial threats do not follow business hours.
IT/OT convergence is the integration of information technology networks (corporate email, ERP, business applications) with operational technology networks (PLCs, SCADA, industrial control systems). It enables real-time data exchange, remote monitoring and cloud analytics, and creates new attack paths from corporate IT to production systems.
Magic WAN provides policy-based segmentation between corporate IT and OT networks. Unlike legacy MPLS or VLAN approaches, Magic WAN enforces segmentation at the edge with centralised policies that apply across every site, aligned with IEC 62443 zone and conduit principles.
No. Brixio secures the network boundary between IT and OT. We deploy Magic WAN, Zero Trust Access and Gateway on the IT side and on OT-adjacent networks. We do not touch PLCs, SCADA, safety instrumented systems or industrial process control logic. Our approach complements OT-native monitoring (Claroty, Dragos, Nozomi, TxOne).
Yes. Zero Trust Access replaces VPN with identity- and context-aware access to specific systems. Engineers, vendors and contractors reach only the systems they need (MES, historian, HMI portals) without network-level access. Every session is logged for audit and compliance.
Manufacturing (automotive, aerospace, FMCG, industrial equipment), energy and utilities (power generation, transmission, distribution, oil and gas), healthcare (connected medical devices, building management) and transportation. Any industry that operates physical infrastructure controlled by industrial systems.
NIS2 requires network segmentation, access control, incident detection and supply chain security for entities in critical sectors. The Cloudflare stack (Magic WAN, Zero Trust, Gateway) maps directly to NIS2 articles 21 and 23. See the NIS2 compliance page for the full mapping.
IT-side controls (WAF, Zero Trust for remote access, supply chain portal protection) deploy in 4 to 8 weeks. IT/OT segmentation with Magic WAN across multiple plants takes 8 to 16 weeks. Every engagement starts with an OT security assessment.
Your production networks are connected to your corporate IT. The question is whether that connection is governed, segmented and auditable, or whether it is an open path for lateral movement. Brixio deploys Cloudflare on the IT side of that boundary, following industrial change management rules and without touching your process control systems.
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