ABOUT OTCOGNISHIELD

Built for the people
who keep industry running.

Industrial security expertise. A platform built for practical decisions.

OTCogniShield combines specialist consulting, security architecture, and risk assessment with passive OT, IoT and IIoT visibility and reviewable evidence. We help manufacturers and industrial teams establish priorities and plan practical improvements.

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OUR MISSION

Make better OT security
decisions possible.

Help industrial teams understand their environment, prioritise operational risk, and make security decisions they can explain.

Security decisions in a plant must account for people, safety, availability and production. We start with that context, then connect technical observations to a practical assessment, an architecture roadmap and evidence that can be reviewed.

FOUNDER’S EXPERTISE

13 years in OT security.
Grounded in engineering.

OTCogniShield was founded by an OT security practitioner with a 13-year career. That experience informs our consulting and the platform’s focus on industrial operations, architecture and risk evidence.

INDUSTRIAL CYBERSECURITY

ISA/IEC 62443 Cybersecurity Expert

Credential supported by the fundamentals, risk assessment, design, and maintenance specialist certificates.

SCADA ARCHITECTURE

Certified SCADA Security Architect

IACRB qualification in industrial control system architecture and security design.

IOT ARCHITECTURE

Certified IoT Architect

Arcitura qualification complementing industrial architecture and connected-device security work.

INDUSTRIAL SECURITY

Certified Industrial Cybersecurity Professional

Abhisam qualification covering the industrial cybersecurity professional programme.

Further professional development and examination history
  • Certified Lead SCADA Security Manager courseCourse completion certificate.
  • CISSP examinationProvisional examination pass letter. This records an exam result rather than confirmation of full CISSP certification.
  • IoT security practitioner programmeCertNexus CIoTSP programme completed. Listed as historical professional development, rather than an active certification.
  • IoT Security for PentestersCourse completion certificate.
  • Generative AI — Risk and Cyber Security MasterclassCourse completion certificate.

These qualifications relate to the founder’s expertise. They are separate from product certification and customer compliance assessments.

OUR APPROACH

Consulting expertise.
A platform with purpose.

OTCogniShield is being developed from hands-on OT security consulting: risk assessments, zones and conduits, project delivery and audit preparation.

The platform extends that work by helping organise observed assets, register changes, risk decisions and compliance evidence. Consulting establishes the context; the platform is intended to help keep that context useful over time.

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Illustrative manufacturing floor with machinery and industrial control cabinets
ENGINEERING CONTEXT FIRSTBuilt around industrial reality.Illustrative factory image

WHAT WE DO

From the first assessment
to ongoing evidence.

Specialist support from assessment and architecture through deployment planning and ongoing evidence.

01 / CONSULTING

Understand and design.

IEC 62443 consulting, OT architecture, risk assessment, supplier assurance and project delivery support.

Consulting services
02 / DEPLOYMENT

Establish a baseline.

Scoped installation planning, authorised passive collection, framework mapping and team onboarding.

Deployment and integration
03 / PLATFORM

Keep evidence useful.

An offline-capable platform in pre-launch validation, with factory pilots and recurring services being prepared.

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WHAT GUIDES US

Principles that belong
on the factory floor.

Production context

Work with engineering and operations to understand consequences, ownership and the constraints of each site.

Passive by design

Base visibility on authorised capture data. Agree collection boundaries and assess operational impact before deployment.

Evidence you can review

Make observations, assumptions, decisions and gaps clear enough for technical teams, management and auditors to examine.

Respect connectivity rules

Design production operation for offline environments, with controlled update delivery and a defined recovery approach.

WHERE WE ARE TODAY

Consulting today.
Factory pilots next.

Consulting engagements are available now. The OTCogniShield platform is undergoing pre-launch testing; pilot scope, readiness, access and success criteria are agreed individually before deployment.

We welcome conversations with UK and West Midlands manufacturers, industrial partners and advisors who can help validate practical value in real environments.

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