Answers to the questions industrial decision-makers ask
Direct, jargon-free answers — so you can decide with confidence.
The concept
A strategic copilot that helps you manage your OT cybersecurity continuously — measuring your maturity, anticipating your risks, quantifying your exposure, and making the right decisions at the right time.
We're not an auditor, an integrator, or a technical tool vendor. We're the management layer that was missing between your plant floor and your executive leadership.
An audit is a snapshot. We're a moving picture.
An audit tells you "here's where you stand today" — then the report sits in a drawer. We tell you "here's where you stand, where you need to go, and how to get there month after month" — with continuous support, quarterly deliverables, and a roadmap that adjusts as your priorities shift.
We don't replace audits. We help you know when to run them, why, and how to put their findings to work.
A major firm will bill you a six-figure engagement — then walk away once the report is delivered. An independent consultant can bring a lot, but at their own pace, with their own limits, and with no continuity if they become unavailable.
We offer three things neither can provide on its own:
- A structured program that guarantees the same level of delivery over 12 months
- A network of leading partners (Deloitte, Fortress Plus, Next Step) you can call on for exactly what you need
Risk and impact
It depends on your sector, your size, and how long you're down. For a mid-sized pharmaceutical plant in North Africa, a 48-hour production stoppage typically runs into the hundreds of thousands of euros — between lost output, compromised batches, remediation costs, and contractual penalties.
Our OT Cyber Financial Impact Tool lets you calculate this estimate from your own data, simulating multiple scenarios (24h, 72h, 7 days) and impact levels. You get a credible figure you can defend before your CFO and your board.
The goal isn't actuarial precision — it's turning a technical risk into a well-argued financial decision.
Most documented OT cyberattacks in recent years haven't targeted national critical infrastructure — they've hit manufacturing, pharmaceutical, food-and-beverage, and logistics plants. Often opportunistic, sometimes ransomware, rarely sophisticated.
The real test isn't your size or your sector. It's: "would an unplanned 48-hour stoppage seriously hurt your business?" If so, you're a potential target — and therefore in scope.
How it works
The program follows an annual rhythm in three phases:
- Month 1 — initial assessment + tailored 6-month roadmap
- Months 2 to 11 — continuous support (monthly monitoring, strategic briefs, decision tools)
- Months 6 and 12 — progress review, sector benchmarking, preparation for the year ahead
Every deliverable is designed to be read in minutes and acted on directly — no 80-page reports that no one reads.
The bare minimum.
- Initial Snapshot: 5 minutes
- Full assessment: 30 to 45 minutes, once every six months
- Reading the monthly deliverables: 10 minutes
- Live sessions: 3 hours, 6 times a year — at times you choose
In total, expect 2 to 3 hours a month for a hands-on CIO. Less if you delegate the reading to a team.
You can start on your own. The initial assessment can be completed by the CIO or CISO alone.
To go further, combining the IT view (CIO / CISO) with the plant-floor view (industrial director, maintenance lead) often reveals blind spots that no single vantage point can see. We provide formats built to bring each team on board gradually, without disrupting your operations.
Confidentiality and reliability
No. Never. The platform works solely on structured questionnaires that you answer — just like an interview with a consultant.
No connection to your networks. No collection of technical data. No sensitive information is ever requested.
Your answers are stored securely, accessible only to your organization, and never shared with third parties without your explicit consent. The benchmarks we produce are aggregated and anonymized.
Our methodology is built on:
- The recognized international standards IEC 62443 and ANSSI guidance
- Sector benchmarks built from our African industrial network
- Validation by our partners (Deloitte for methodological rigor, Fortress Plus for plant-floor reality)
The goal isn't actuarial precision — it's reliability for decision-making. For an in-depth analysis based on your real internal data, our expert engagements (with Deloitte or Fortress Plus) take over.
Special cases
Each site can be assessed separately, with its own score, roadmap and action plan. That gives you:
- A per-site view to act locally
- A consolidated view to make trade-offs at group level
- Cross-site comparisons to spot the most exposed sites and replicate best practices
It's especially useful for multi-country industrial groups looking to align their OT maturity across the board.
Each partner brings targeted, complementary expertise:
Deloitte leads in-depth audit engagements and co-signs expert-level deliverables that stand up before boards of directors and regulators.
Fortress Plus brings hands-on OT cybersecurity experience across critical industrial environments, and feeds our practical guides and operational recommendations.
Next Step, our technology partner, strengthens our capacity for technology integration and large-scale deployment across major industrial ecosystems.
You have a single point of contact — OT Security Universe — orchestrating this expertise around exactly what you need.
Take action
The program runs on an annual subscription that gives you access to the full platform, deliverables, training, and Knowledge Hub. Premium services — in-depth engagements with our partners, expert consulting, sector workshops — can be activated on demand.
We prefer to share the details of the plans in a direct conversation, so we can answer all your questions and calibrate our proposal to your real challenges.
Start with the free Snapshot — 5 minutes, no commitment, no sensitive data. You get an initial read on your OT maturity and identify your three immediate priorities.
If the result resonates, we schedule a 30-minute call to understand your challenges and show you how the program can fit your context.

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