Can Your OT Environment Survive a Real Attack, or Just Pass an Audit?

Most organizations test controls in isolation. Red Team Assessments test whether those controls actually hold when attackers move across IT and OT, without disrupting operations.

Designed for organizations that already take security seriously and want to know if it holds up under reality.

Step 1

IT Network Entry

Initial foothold via enterprise access

Step 2

OT Systems Compromise

Lateral movement across IT/OT boundaries

Step 3

Operations Impact

Real-world disruption and safety risk

Check Your OT Exposure(2 minutes)

No disruption. No sales pitch. Just a reality check.

Most OT Incidents Follow the Same Quiet Pattern

Not a single exploit. Not a dramatic breach. A series of reasonable assumptions that hold, until they don't.

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Which of these assumptions are you currently making about your environment?

(Select all that apply)

We assume IT and OT environments are sufficiently segmented

We assume alerts would trigger if an attacker moved laterally

We assume engineering workstations are low-risk

We assume third-party or vendor access is tightly controlled

We assume our last pen test exercised these paths

We haven't validated these assumptions under real adversary behavior

These assumptions are rarely tested together — especially across IT and OT.

Explore Your OT Exposure(2 minutes)

You'll answer a few quick questions and get immediate visibility into exposure and maturity gaps.

What a Red Team Assessment Actually Resolves

Not more findings.
Fewer unanswered questions.

From Assumptions to Evidence

Instead of debating whether controls should work, a Red Team Assessment shows whether they do, across real attack paths that span IT, OT, and operations.

From Visibility Claims to Detection Reality

Many environments have logs, alerts, and dashboards, but few know which signals actually surface attacker movement inside OT.

From Findings to Defensible Priorities

Instead of long vulnerability lists, Red Team Assessments isolate the handful of paths that lead to operational, safety, or revenue impact.

This is why Red Team Assessments don't replace pen tests — they contextualize them.

What Organizations Typically Discover

Not edge cases.
Patterns that emerge when environments are tested end-to-end.

Lateral Movement Is Easier Than Assumed

Once an attacker gains an initial foothold, movement across IT and into OT often relies on trust relationships, shared credentials, or operational exceptions that were never designed to be security boundaries.

Detection Exists, But Not Where Attackers Move

Many organizations have strong visibility at the perimeter and in IT, but limited signal once activity shifts into OT environments or engineering workstations.

Engineering Workstations Become Unintended Gateways

Systems used for configuration, maintenance, or diagnostics frequently bridge multiple zones and carry elevated trust, making them ideal pivots during real intrusions.

Third-Party Access Widens the Attack Path

Vendor connections, remote support tools, and shared access mechanisms often bypass segmentation assumptions made elsewhere in the environment.

Remediation Priorities Change Once the Full Path Is Visible

After seeing how attacks actually unfold, teams often deprioritize dozens of low-impact findings and focus on a small number of controls that meaningfully reduce risk.

These discoveries don't indicate failure — they reflect how complex environments actually evolve.

If This Resonates, Let's Talk

You don't need another report — just clarity on whether this is the right next step for your environment.

We'll talk through your environment, what you already have in place, and whether a Red Team Assessment would meaningfully add value. If not, we'll say so.

OT Red Team Assessment FAQ

An OT (Operational Technology) Red Team Assessment is a simulated cyberattack on industrial systems that tests real-world vulnerabilities in manufacturing, energy, or critical infrastructure environments, without disrupting operations.
Unlike standard pen tests focused on IT networks, OT assessments examine industrial control systems (ICS), PLCs, and SCADA environments, using tactics that mimic nation-state or ransomware actors while ensuring zero downtime.
PhishCloud's CFC integrates IT and OT telemetry, correlates red team findings with real-time data, and uses AI-driven models to predict attack paths and operational impacts, turning raw technical findings into actionable business intelligence.
Commonly exploited protocols include Modbus/TCP, S7COMM, SNMP, and BACnet, all of which often lack encryption, authentication, and modern security controls.
Yes. PhishCloud's methodology uses passive traffic analysis, hybrid simulation, and safe attack emulation to uncover risks without taking systems offline or interrupting critical processes.
Compliance frameworks like NIST 800-82 or ISA/IEC 62443 provide guidelines but don't test real adversarial behavior. OT Red Team Assessments validate actual exploitability and lateral movement potential between IT and OT networks.
It translates cyber risk into operational and financial terms, helping executives prioritize remediation based on impact to production, safety, and continuity, not just technical severity.
Findings often include default PLC credentials, unencrypted communications, flat network topologies, serial-to-Ethernet adapter exploits, and insecure management interfaces such as SNMP or Telnet.
Every assessment concludes with a prioritized report that maps vulnerabilities to business risk, validates them against live telemetry, and aligns remediation with compliance and audit frameworks.
Best practice recommends conducting OT Red Team exercises annually or after major system changes, followed by continuous improvement cycles using Cyber Fusion Center telemetry for ongoing validation.