Connect the systems safely.
Zones and conduits, Purdue-aligned segmentation, OT DMZs, firewalls, secure remote access and IT/OT integration across control and safety environments.
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.
Founder, OTCogniShield
Talk to OTCogniShieldOver 13 years of specialist OT/ICS cyber-security expertise
ISA/IEC 62443 Expert · Experience includes work with ADNOC, Maersk, Bechtel, DHL and GKN
CISSP examination passed · endorsement pending
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.
MEET THE FOUNDER
Our founder.
Grounded in industrial engineering.
OT/ICS cybersecurity engineer and consultant with 13+ years of experience across oil and gas, rail, manufacturing, maritime, logistics and critical environments. That experience shapes OTCogniShield’s focus on safety, availability and practical risk decisions.
Make requirements usable.
IEC 62443 risk assessments, supplier assurance, requirements traceability, evidence management, deviations and compensating controls.
Follow through to handover.
Experience from FEED and detailed design through supplier coordination, FAT, SAT, ISAT, commissioning and handover.
SELECTED EXPERIENCE
From major projects
to practical site priorities.
Recent work includes cybersecurity integration across more than 55 third-party package systems on a greenfield LNG project, connecting project requirements, vendor architectures and supplier evidence.
Oil, gas and process industries
Control and safety system architecture, pipeline and offshore OT security, segmented access and system integration.
Rail and transport
Risk and architecture assessments spanning rolling stock, signalling, communications and supporting operational systems.
Manufacturing and logistics
Risk-based vulnerability management, incident response, network segmentation and IoT security controls.
Passive monitoring
Experience with OT discovery and monitoring tools, threat analysis and remediation governance informed by system-owner validation.
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
Specialist knowledge
behind the work.
Industrial cybersecurity, control-system architecture and connected-device security inform the consulting approach.
CYBERSECURITY KNOWLEDGE
CISSP examination passed
The founder has passed the CISSP examination. Certification endorsement is pending.
ISC2 describes CISSP as the cybersecurity “gold standard”.
Read ISC2’s explanation →INDUSTRIAL CYBERSECURITY
ISA/IEC 62443 Cybersecurity Expert
Awarded in 2025, comprising Fundamentals, Risk Assessment, Design and Maintenance Specialist certificates.
SCADA ARCHITECTURE
Certified SCADA Security Architect
IACRB qualification awarded in 2013.
IOT ARCHITECTURE
Certified IoT Architect
Arcitura qualification awarded in 2022.
INDUSTRIAL SECURITY
Certified Industrial Cybersecurity Professional
Abhisam qualification, with the 2022–2027 period recorded in the professional profile.
AI SECURITY & RISK
AI Security Foundation (A/AISF)
AKYLADE foundation-level AI security knowledge covering AI-specific risks, security across the AI lifecycle and the NIST AI Risk Management Framework (AI RMF).
Further qualifications and professional development
- SCADA security managementCertified Lead SCADA Security Manager, listed in the professional profile for 2022.
- IoT securityCertNexus Certified Internet of Things Security Practitioner, awarded in 2020; historical award, current status not asserted.
- Generative AI securityProfessional development in generative AI risk and cybersecurity.
These qualifications describe 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.
Explore our services
WHAT WE DO
From the first assessment
to ongoing evidence.
Specialist support from assessment and architecture through deployment planning and ongoing evidence.
Understand and design.
IEC 62443 consulting, OT architecture, risk assessment, supplier assurance and project delivery support.
Consulting servicesEstablish a baseline.
Scoped installation planning, authorised passive collection, framework mapping and team onboarding.
Deployment and integrationKeep evidence useful.
An offline-capable platform in pre-launch validation, with factory pilots and recurring services being prepared.
Explore the platformWHAT 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.