Working in partnership delivering solutions Skilled and experienced Technical Support for Operational 'OT' Technology networking is one of the greatest challenges facing Industry. SOME CONTEXT TO FRAME THE CHALLENGE Everything cant be fixed. Assets cannot be made fully secure and you can’t be sure how secure they are either. You...
Investigation
Relevant experience in OT network investigation ASSESSMENT Sometimes the indicators of an issue are obvious, a permanant link down event points to a break in the connected communication path. But what if the link went down for 30 seconds and then fully recovered? What if that same temporary down/up occured...
Survey
Survey removes risk WHAT DO WE LOOK FOR? The value of actually visiting the site cannot be underestimated. It is not uncommon for a major design change to follow a survey due to some site constraint that was not flagged at the outset. Determined early enough in the project the...
Integration
Think Outcome INFINITE PERFORMANCE From an OT perspective the move to standardise on Ethernet for distributed control has enabled the performance advances needed in enterprise IT to become available to OT. The Gigabit Ethernet (GBE) standard has become the norm for most modern OT network backbones with the opportunity to...
New Build
Think Security First DON'T COMPROMISE Your new automation network is an opportunity to deploy a robust, high-speed, resilient network platform capable of supporting multiple autonomous applications, without compromise. It will become the lifeblood of your OT control and monitoring systems. Failing to include security aspects in the design of new...
Obsolescence
End of Life Planning for OT Infrastructure SYSTEM-WIDE APPROACH There are many aspects of that need to be considered within a management plan. Whether you have a 'mid-life' product with legacy firmware and minimal configuration or you can no-longer find spare hardware on eBay the outcome is the same -...
Technical Consulting Service
Knowing the right questions to ask WE ALL MAKE ASSUMPTIONS Whilst making assumptions maybe part of a budgeting process, allowing assumptions to go untested into the design and implementation is highly dangerous (carries risk) and something IT4A recommend is avoided. A TIME FOR EVIDENCE IT4A offer a wide range of...
Strategic Consulting Service
Outcome Focused IT4A typically get involved in a project at the stage where the need is recognised and some thought has gone into what the outcome might look like. IT4A can help develop these ideas by introducing good industry practice, product knowledge and the learning from the experiences gained from...
Design
Risk Based Design A product with a fantastic feature set that has an environmental limitation of 40°C max operating temp may seem a great choice when deployed in a data centre or office. However, when installed in a roadside enclosure that can exceed 60°C in direct summer sun - not...
Manufacture
Turnkey Project Engineering ISO9001:2015 Certified IT4A specialise in providing turnkey network solutions for Critical Network Infrastructure; the environments we operate within demand the highest standards in quality control. IT4A have a long history in the design and deployment of major infrastructure projects going back to 1999 when the IT4A team...