SERVICE
Incident Readiness Assessments
Understand your OT incident response readiness before an adversary tests it for you.
WHAT THIS SERVICE IS
An Incident Readiness Assessment evaluates how prepared your organization actually is to detect, respond to, and recover from an OT cyber incident — not just on paper, but in practice.
WHEN ORGANIZATIONS NEED IT
- Before establishing or renewing an incident response retainer
- After a near-miss or an incident at a peer organization
- As part of a broader OT security or resilience program
- Ahead of a tabletop exercise, to establish a baseline
WHAT OTR³ PROVIDES
- Review of existing incident response plans and their fit for OT
- Assessment of backup and recovery readiness
- Review of remote access and segmentation practices
- Assessment of monitoring and logging coverage
- Review of vendor and third-party access dependencies
- Assessment of roles, responsibilities, and decision-making authority during an incident
- Review of internal and external communication plans
OT-SPECIFIC CONSIDERATIONS
Readiness in OT isn't only about technical controls — it's also about whether the right people know their role, whether recovery has actually been tested (not just documented), and whether dependencies on vendors and OEMs are understood before they become a bottleneck during a real incident.
ENGAGEMENT PROCESS
- 1
Scope
We agree on the systems, sites, and scenarios the assessment should cover.
- 2
Review
We review documentation, architecture, backup practices, and access controls.
- 3
Interview
We speak with the people who'd be involved in a real incident — not just the plan on paper.
- 4
Assess
We evaluate findings against realistic OT incident scenarios.
- 5
Report
We deliver findings and a prioritized roadmap for closing gaps.
DELIVERABLES
- Readiness maturity assessment
- Technical findings
- Recovery readiness findings
- Prioritized remediation roadmap
RELATED SERVICES
Incident Response Retainers
On-demand access to senior OT cyber experts when you need them most.
Learn MoreOT Tabletop Exercises
Realistic OT/IT scenarios to test plans, people and decision-making.
Learn MoreRecovery & Resilience
Long-term resilience planning so operations can withstand and recover faster.
Learn MoreReady to talk to OTR³?
Active incident or planning ahead — reach out and we'll point you to the right engagement.
