Your office network and plant floor share more than you think.
Quantm gives Ontario manufacturers and operators one managed security team and one view across IT systems and operational technology—so a compromise in the office does not become a production problem.
Security coverage built for the boundary between IT and OT.
Most managed security tools focus on endpoints, email, identity, and cloud. This service adds visibility for the systems, traffic, and access paths that connect those layers to your operations.
A scoped, passive assessment maps OT devices, communications, open pathways, and the connections between corporate and operational networks.
- Plain-language risk map
- Likely attack paths and priority fixes
Monitoring spans your standard IT stack and OT network traffic, so signals can be investigated in the operational context that matters.
- Industrial network anomaly detection
- IT/OT lateral movement detection
Monitor the third-party and remote connections that create pathways into operational equipment and control environments.
- Vendor access paths
- Credential and privilege-abuse signals
Containment is calibrated to your environment, distinguishing a compromised office endpoint from activity that could affect an active production line.
- Predefined decision authority
- Response rules aligned to operations
Identify the places where flat or loosely controlled connections let a compromised IT system reach operational equipment.
- Connection and exposure mapping
- Practical control sequence
Document controls and progress against the frameworks enterprise buyers, insurers, and regulated-sector stakeholders commonly ask about.
- Control-gap documentation
- Evidence trail for reviews
IT security and OT security are not the same problem
Standard MDR tools are designed for the office: endpoints, email, identity, and cloud. They do not automatically provide visibility into industrial protocols, control-system traffic, SCADA historians, HMIs, or the paths connecting them to your business systems.
In a flat network, a phished credential can move from corporate IT toward production systems before anyone sees the relationship. OT/IT security focuses on that boundary—where segmentation, monitoring, and agreed response decisions help contain an incident without making production decisions in the middle of a crisis.
Built for operators without an OT security team
This service is designed for Ontario organizations with real operational technology and lean internal IT capacity, including environments with:
- PLCs controlling production lines, HVAC, or industrial processes.
- SCADA systems managing distribution, flow, or environmental monitoring.
- HMIs and industrial sensors on a shop floor, remote site, or connected to business systems.
- Building automation systems in commercial or industrial properties.
- Vendor or contractor remote access into operational equipment.
From OT risk review to managed coverage
The engagement starts with understanding the environment and the operational rules that should guide any response.
- 1Map the exposure
Use passive discovery to identify devices, communications, access paths, and uncontrolled IT/OT connections without installing software on production equipment.
- 2Prioritize the risk
Review likely attack paths and the controls that reduce the most material exposure first—especially segmentation, remote access, and identity abuse.
- 3Monitor the boundary
Apply coordinated coverage across the IT stack and OT network, giving analysts the context to investigate events that cross layers.
- 4Respond with agreed rules
Document decision authority and containment expectations before an incident, so operational impact is considered from the first confirmed event.
Structured around the standards stakeholders ask about
Quantm's OT/IT program is designed to support the control conversations that arise in customer questionnaires, insurance renewals, and critical-infrastructure reviews:
- IEC 62443 — industrial automation and control-system security standards.
- NIST SP 800-82 — guidance for industrial control systems security.
- NIST CSF 2.0 — a framework commonly used to organize cybersecurity controls and evidence.
What changes when IT and OT are covered together
| Coverage area | Standard MSSP | Quantm OT/IT |
|---|---|---|
| Office endpoints, email, identity, and cloud | Included | Included |
| OT/ICS network visibility | Typically outside scope | Included |
| IT/OT lateral-movement detection | Typically outside scope | Included |
| Vendor and remote-access pathways | Partial | Included |
| OT-aware incident response planning | Typically outside scope | Included |
| Single team across the boundary | No | Yes |
Clearer OT risk, without adding a second security vendor.
You get a usable picture of where IT and OT meet, the highest-priority gaps, and an operating model for monitoring and response that respects production realities.
- A plain-language map of IT/OT exposure and likely attack paths
- Prioritized segmentation, access, and monitoring improvements
- Passive visibility that avoids agents on operational equipment
- A coordinated security team for office and operational environments
- Control evidence you can use in customer and insurance conversations
Start with the OT Risk Review.
Discuss your facilities, operating systems, and the business questions driving the review.
Agree the passive discovery and assessment scope around your production requirements.
Receive the exposure summary, likely pathways, and highest-priority actions.
Decide whether managed IT/OT monitoring is the right next step for your environment.
Common questions, answered.
The things buyers ask us most about scope, onboarding, and what you'll see in your monthly report.
Ask us anythingStart with an OT Risk Review.
Talk through your current IT/OT exposure, the operational systems that matter most, and whether a scoped risk review is the right next step.