Safeguard Patient Trust, Secure Healthcare Data
Data Integrity is Operational Integrity
Securing the Protocols That Move the World
In the energy sector, 100% availability is the baseline for safety and profitability. As legacy field assets converge with modern industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) architectures, the risk to operational integrity grows. Lares provides the protocol-level expertise required to secure upstream, midstream, and downstream environments without disrupting critical flow.
The Lares OT Strategy: Beyond the Perimeter
We do not just test your network; we test the logic and languages of your field operations. Our engineers ensure every component can defend itself to maintain operations during a security event.
Field Security and Asset Hardening
Cybersecurity in the field begins at the protocol layer. This is where your data is most vulnerable to manipulation.
Secure Authentication and Protocol Maturity
The industry is moving toward authenticated communication to prevent unauthorized control actions.
- Authenticated Telemetry: We audit the transition to secure protocol versions to ensure every device on your network is verified.
- Update Key Management: Our team validates unique cryptographic keys to limit access to authorized systems only.
- Bandwidth Integrity: We ensure secure protocols are optimized for remote telemetry and satellite links.
Hardening the Legacy Anchor
We help you implement modern defenses on older equipment designed before current threats existed.
- Protocol Hardening: We audit enhanced firmware that supports complex credentials and secure communication.
- Fleet Wide Credential Management: We help you deploy tools to manage unique passwords across thousands of field devices.
- Firmware Validation: We verify that field assets use digitally signed firmware to prevent unauthorized modifications.
Gateway Security and Data Collection
Communication gateways are high value targets for lateral movement.
Mediation Audits: We test for vulnerabilities where security context is lost during translation between legacy and secure protocols.
Measurement Data Integrity: Our audits protect the data path used for electronic flow metering (EFM) to ensure accurate billing and reporting.
Regulatory Resilience and Industry Standards
Lares aligns your Cybersecurity Implementation Plan (CIP) with current mandates and reference architectures.
Aligning with National Security Frameworks
We audit your environment against the latest security directives from national regulatory bodies.
Defense in Depth: We move your architecture toward a strategy where no individual device is implicitly trusted.
Standardized Event Logging: We enable standardized logging across your fleet for real time threat detection.
Is your field architecture ready for the next mandate?
Functioning is not the same as secure. Contact Lares today to schedule a Protocol Level Security Audit or a Legacy Asset Hardening Assessment.