SERVICE
Industrial Cyber Recovery
Recovery isn't just restoring files — it's safely bringing industrial operations back online, in the right order, with engineering and operations signing off at every step.
WHAT THIS SERVICE IS
Industrial Cyber Recovery is the work that happens after initial containment: safely restoring the systems and processes an industrial operation depends on, in a sequence that respects safety and production dependencies.
We treat recovery as an engineering exercise as much as a cybersecurity one — because a technically "clean" restore that ignores process dependencies can be as disruptive as the incident itself.
WHEN ORGANIZATIONS NEED IT
- Restoring operations after a contained OT/ICS cyber incident
- Rebuilding engineering workstations and jump servers after compromise
- Revalidating PLC and HMI configurations before returning systems to service
- Coordinating recovery across IT, OT, SCADA, and historian systems that all depend on each other
WHAT OTR³ PROVIDES
- Recovery sequencing that prioritizes critical and safety-related systems first
- Rebuild support for engineering workstations, HMIs, and supporting servers
- Validation of backups before they're trusted for restoration
- Verification with your engineering and operations teams before systems are returned to production
- Clear tracking of dependencies between IT, OT, SCADA, historians, engineering workstations, identity, network, and OEM/vendor systems
OT-SPECIFIC CONSIDERATIONS
A production line, refinery unit, or utility substation doesn't restart like a web server. Recovery sequencing has to account for what depends on what — restoring a historian before the SCADA server that feeds it, for example, accomplishes little.
We don't consider a system "recovered" until your engineering and operations teams have validated it in context — not just that it powers on, but that it's behaving correctly within the process it supports.
ENGAGEMENT PROCESS
- 1
Assess
We confirm what's been contained and what's ready to be rebuilt or restored.
- 2
Sequence
We map dependencies across IT, OT, SCADA, historians, and engineering systems to define a safe recovery order.
- 3
Validate Backups
Before anything is restored, we verify the backup or rebuild source is clean and usable.
- 4
Rebuild & Restore
Systems are rebuilt or restored in sequence, starting with the most critical and safety-related.
- 5
Verify with Operations
Your engineering and operations teams confirm each system is behaving correctly before it returns to production.
- 6
Handoff
We document the recovery and transition into longer-term resilience planning if needed.
DELIVERABLES
- Recovery sequencing plan
- Rebuild/restoration support across affected systems
- Backup validation results
- Operational sign-off checklist for returned-to-service systems
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