The Reality of OT Visibility and How to Fast-Track Security Monitoring in Industrial Networks


Achieving full OT visibility often sounds like a logical first step, but in reality, it's one of the most time-consuming and operationally challenging tasks facing industrial networks. Legacy systems, limited switching infrastructure, and remote or fragile sites make comprehensive inventory-building slow and costly and often provide limited security value when patching isn’t always feasible.
In this session, experts from Darktrace, Jeffrey Macre, Industrial Security Solutions Architect, and Chris Bihary, CEO of Garland Technology, will break down the real-world challenges of OT visibility and highlight how organizations can fast-track deployment by safely accessing network traffic from day one. Using passively collected network traffic from TAPs and unidirectional Hardware Data Diodes, Garland enables safe traffic access across Purdue levels, while Darktrace applies behavioral AI to analyze full-packet traffic, build asset visibility, and detect threats, all without complex configuration or long asset inventory projects.