Simple, secure OT connectivity…without additional installs
This may sound like magic, but it is true. Simple, secure OT connectivity, without installing additional software or hardware. Secure industrial networking, without the hassle.
Want to see it to believe it? Add a couple days to your Oktoberfest to visit NetFoundry at the Siemens booth at it-sa Expo and Congress, Europe’s largest trade fair for IT security, 7-9 October in Nuremberg. The Siemens booth is 421 in Hall 7.
Not in Germany? Contact NetFoundry for a virtual demo and leave the demo with a party gift – your own zero trust native network, ready for your use in minutes, as a free trial.
What does this industrial networking solution provide?
- Industrial network discovery, visibility and policy creation
- Secure remote access to shop floor devices, including just in time (JIT) access, one-time access and agentless access
- Simple, secure connectivity between OT, IT, edge and cloud
- Identity microsegmented M2M networking and implementation of zones and conduits, while meeting IEC 62443 and NIS2 guidelines
- Encryption and OT cell to cell workload segmentation
- Centralized management, telemetry, identity-based audit logs and reporting
Ok, then what is missing?
- No dependencies on IP addresses or NAT
- No open inbound firewall ports in OT firewalls – ever
- No pinholes through the firewall – ever
- No dependencies on vendors to bring their own firewalls or VPNs
Less is more when the goal is to both simplify OT operations and strengthen industrial networking security. Replace complexity with identity-secured, attribute-based connectivity. It is simple to implement and simplifies operations – unlike bolted-on, dead on arrival, day two ‘zero trust’ approach.
That can’t be true!
It is true. But, there is a catch.
“No software or hardware install” applies for Siemens OT environments. This is because Siemens SCALANCE and Siemens SINEC Secure Connect now include NetFoundry’s zero trust networking software.
Great news for much of the world since Siemens is one of the world’s top industrial automation companies.
Are you out in the cold if you don’t use Siemens?
Siemens makes industrial networking super simple since the NetFoundry software is already included.
However, NetFoundry makes OT connectivity and industrial networking easy for anyone. Choose the approach which works for your needs:
- Agentless solutions for third-party remote access, which still provide strong identity and authentication
- Choice of one-time, just in time (JIT) and continually authenticated access models, including zero trust access
- Solutions for OT-IT convergence, edge compute and machine to cloud which run on existing infrastructure
- M2M and cell to cell connectivity, including segmentation between industrial network cells and zones
NetFoundry solutions are deployable as software, including even air-gapped sites, as well as on-prem, hybrid, distributed and cloud.
Who can use this NetFoundry industrial networking solution?
Probably you! NetFoundry securely delivers billions of sessions per year, including for critical infrastructure on three continents. NetFoundry provides both products and a platform:
- Providers use the NetFoundry platform to add zero trust to their products. This includes providers of industrial automation, robots, edge servers, networking, AI and cybersecurity solutions. It also includes providers of connected products, edge servers, SaaS, ISV and MSPs.
- OT, IoT, IT, cloud and AI teams use NetFoundry products for connectivity and zero trust networking. The products include secure remote access (SRA), VPN replacement, M2M connectivity, microsegmentation, machine to cloud, edge connectivity, firewall replacement, zero trust APIs, zero trust model context protocol (MCP) and zero trust B2B.
How do I deploy NetFoundry?
NetFoundry is deployed in three main ways:
- Pre-integrated. In cases like Siemens, NetFoundry software is already on the OT device, PLC, cell edge compute or firewall. To extend that connection to other zones, IT, edge, vendors or cloud, NetFoundry provides agentless and software-based solutions.
- On-prem. NetFoundry is deployed in on-premises models, including support for air-gapped sites or sites which do not want to depend on external connectivity, such as many manufacturing and energy sites. There are agentless and software-only solutions for this option also – either with existing infrastructure, or via standalone containers or virtual machines, depending on operational preference.
- Hybrid and cloud. NetFoundry provides dedicated, zero trust overlays, spanning over 100 data centers, with optimized performance, enterprise SLAs and 24×7 support. This is ideal for secure remote access, vendor connections, B2B connections and cloud connections because you don’t need to support new sites – you extend via NetFoundry managed routers, dedicated to your network.
The third option is the ‘cloud model’ for secure networking – like getting a private VPC or VNet without managing the underlying infrastructure, you get a private zero trust network, without managing the underlying infrastructure. However, unlike SASE clouds or CDNs, each network is dedicated and end-to-end encrypted to ensure that intermediate nodes and network operators have no access to the data.
How do I get started with this solution for OT connectivity and industrial networking?
Visit NetFoundry at the Siemens booth at it-sa Expo and Congress, Europe’s largest trade fair for IT security, 7-9 October in Nuremberg. The Siemens booth is 421 in Hall 7.
Contact NetFoundry for a virtual demo and leave the demo with a party gift – your own zero trust native network, ready for your use in minutes, as a free trial.
