OT is the technology that controls physical things. This service understands the industrial protocols and equipment that older security tools don’t.
On a FortiGate, it adds signatures and protocol decoders for industrial and building control systems, which identify and control that traffic and block known exploits.
Doors, locks, HVAC and power are what corrections staff can’t afford to lose control of. Administrators need to know who’s talking to these systems and to prevent any path from inmate networks.
- Keeps door and building controls unreachable from inmate and general networks.
- Shows what’s communicating with control systems.
- Flags commands from unexpected sources.
Check before you buy
Work with your detention electronics integrator first. Never put new controls in blocking mode on door systems until they’ve been tested.
Doors run on computers
Correctional News warns that the programmable controllers (PLCs) used for door control have no antivirus protection, and recommends isolating them or tightly firewalling them.
Source: Correctional News
- Recognizes industrial protocols.
- Virtual patching for hard-to-update controllers.
- Can restrict commands to approved sources.
| Control | Priority | How this helps |
|---|---|---|
| SC-7Boundary Protection | P1 | Isolates control networks. |
| SI-4System Monitoring | P1 | Monitors OT traffic. |
Door and building controls usually don’t store CJI, so CJIS may not apply directly. Their protection is mostly about safety. Keeping them separate also keeps them out of your CJIS boundary.
Based on CJIS Security Policy v6.1. This product can support these controls but can’t satisfy them alone. How to read this table