Regulatory Compliance

NIS2, IEC 62443, ISO 27019, verifiable compliance instead of risk.

Why It Matters

Regulatory Compliance: Results-Oriented Approach

Industrial control environments can’t afford gaps in cybersecurity. New laws and standards now require operators to prove that they’ve implemented robust risk-management processes, threat detection and governance frameworks.

Our Regulatory Compliance offering begins with a tailored gap assessment that benchmarks your current controls against every applicable requirement. We then provide a clear remediation roadmap, and stick with you through implementation to full audit-readiness.

Get a definitive baseline of your OT controls against live…

Get a definitive baseline of your OT controls against live regulations

Detect critical non-compliances before auditors do

Detect critical non-compliances before auditors do

Focus your budget on the fixes that deliver the biggest…

Focus your budget on the fixes that deliver the biggest risk drop

Arm executives with polished reports and dashboards

Arm executives with polished reports and dashboards

Simplify future audits with organised evidence and…

Simplify future audits with organised evidence and checklists

The Process

How We Work

01

Define Scope

Set technical and organizational boundaries.

02

Assessment

Standards-aligned, OT-specific evaluation.

03

Report & Handover

Executive and technical documentation.

Deliverables

What You Get at the End

ISA/IEC 62443 NIST CSF ISO/IEC 27001 ISO/IEC 27019 EU NIS2
Relevant industries

Industries Where This Service Is Critical

This service is particularly valuable in the sectors below, due to their specific regulations, asset base and threat models.

The process

How an OT Compliance Project Is Built

Regulatory compliance on the OT side is not document production. Auditors look at operation, so evidence emerges from the technical work rather than being produced separately.

01

Requirement mapping

We list which regulations apply and what each clause expects from the OT environment. Overlaps are handled together so the same thing is not produced twice.

02

Gap analysis on site

Not by questionnaire but from asset inventory, traffic analysis and interviews. What exists on paper but does not work is not compliance.

03

Prioritised action plan

Risk-weighted, with owners and deadlines. Quick wins separated out so there are demonstrable results in the first weeks.

04

Evidence building

Each requirement is mapped to its policy, operational trace, owner and review frequency. This is what an inspection actually asks for.

Deliverables

What You Receive

Frameworks

What Each Regulation Expects From OT

Requirements overlap heavily. Handled together, a single body of technical work satisfies several compliance obligations.

FrameworkWhat it expects from OTWhere the evidence appears
IEC 62443-2-1Security programme, roles, supplier managementPolicy, responsibility matrix
IEC 62443-3-2Risk assessment, zones, Security LevelsZone design, SL classification
IEC 62443-2-3Patch management processVulnerability report, risk acceptance
NIS2, measures 1 and 5Risk analysis, vulnerability handlingRisk register, patch plan
NIS2, measure 9Asset inventory, access controlOT asset inventory, access matrix
ISO 27001 A.8.20-8.22Network security, segregationSegmentation design, firewall rules
Sector regulationsProcess safety, operational continuityBCP, SIS documentation
Frequently asked

Regulatory Compliance: The Questions We Hear Most

Which framework should we choose?

This is rarely a free choice. The legal obligation is given (depending on sector), and IEC 62443 is not an alternative but the technical language for delivering it on the OT side. In practice the law says what must be achieved and 62443 says how. If an ISO 27001 management system already exists it need not be discarded: a significant part of the controls carries across, and only the OT-specific portion must be added.

How long does compliance take?

Gap analysis and plan take 4-6 weeks. Implementation depends on the starting point. With an asset inventory and basic segmentation in place, 6-9 months is realistic. Starting from zero in OT, 12-18 months is more likely, because the technical foundations (inventory, DMZ, monitoring) must be built too. Quick wins are available in the first weeks though: assigning roles, an incident handling procedure, closing undocumented remote access.

Are policies enough?

No. Inspection looks at operation: is there a real asset inventory, has restoration been tested, does MFA work on supplier channels, has management been trained. A policy remains paper regardless of who signed it. That is why we work so that evidence emerges from the technical work: the zone design, the vulnerability report and the inventory are simultaneously technical outputs and compliance evidence.

Who is accountable for compliance?

The management body, and that accountability cannot be delegated to the IT manager or the plant engineer. Management approves the measures, oversees implementation and is liable for failures. The practical consequence is that approval and management training must be documented, because an inspection asks for this first. A named contact for the authority must also be appointed.

What if we cannot meet everything?

A documented action plan with deadlines counts for a great deal. Regulatory proceedings are graduated: information requests, inspection, warning and binding instruction precede any fine. An organisation able to present a gap analysis and a schedule is in a materially better position even if compliance is incomplete. What cannot be defended is silence and missing documentation.

Regulatory Compliance
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