PacketViper secures OT environments at the network layer — no software on your controllers, no active scanning, no operational risk. Security that works with your environment, not against it.
OT devices run deterministic real-time operating systems. Security software introduces timing uncertainty — the one thing OT cannot tolerate. PacketViper operates entirely at the network layer. Your controllers don't know it's there. Your uptime doesn't change. Your vendor warranties stay intact.
OT security architectureBACnet, DNP3, Modbus, S7COMM — PacketViper speaks the language your OT network runs on. That matters because naive AMTD that disrupts Modbus polling cycles is worse than no security. Protocol intelligence means PacketViper shifts the attack surface without breaking the operational traffic your facility depends on.
Network-layer AMTD for OTCloud-dependent security has no place in air-gapped OT environments. PacketViper runs fully autonomous — all enforcement, all AMTD, all deception operates locally with no call-home requirement. Deploy it at an isolated substation or a facility with no external connectivity and it works the same day.
Cyber-physical deployment optionsPacketViper's transparent L2 bridge sits inline between network segments without an IP address of its own. It requires no routing changes, no topology redesign, no downtime window beyond the initial tap-in. The RSU form factor fits directly into field cabinets at remote and distributed sites.
Deployment overviewMost OT security focuses on the perimeter. PacketViper also watches east-west — traffic moving laterally between OT devices and zones. When an attacker compromises one endpoint, the sensors catch the lateral movement before it reaches your critical controllers. Isolate the device, not the environment.
Lateral movement containmentWhen Mandiant-caliber red teams engage PacketViper-protected OT environments, AMTD continuously shifts the IP visibility and service characteristics they're trying to map. They exhaust their full IP allocation without completing reconnaissance. You can't attack what you can't target.
How AMTD defeats reconnaissanceThe devices most critical to protect are the ones least capable of supporting protection software. A PLC installed in 2005 may run until 2035 — without modification. You can't patch it on IT's schedule. You can't install an agent. You can't take it offline for a maintenance window.
Endpoint AMTD requires software on the endpoint. OT endpoints can't run software. That means most "OT security" vendors are selling you an IT tool with an OT paintjob.
PacketViper was designed from the ground up for this constraint. Network-layer AMTD. Protocol-native. Agentless. The OT device is completely unaware of the protection operating on its behalf.
Read: AMTD for OT and ICS — The Full Architecture"IT security assumes you can install agents. OT cannot. IT security assumes you can patch regularly. OT cannot. If AMTD is to protect OT environments, it must be implemented at the network — not the device."
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