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Define the operating scope
Include OT applications, IACS security zones, remote users, Service and Route Endlets in a representative operating scope.
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Protected OT boundaries · Briefing
Define the operating requirements for protected OT boundaries.
Apply identity-centric segmentation across industrial automation and control system security zones and conduits.
Primary capability
Zero Trust
Operational outcome
Define the operating constraint, systems, and decision.
Restrict unauthorized lateral movement and expose only approved operational service relationships.
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Trace the protected path
validated identity and machine state → Endlet admission → least-privilege service policy → enforcement across an approved OT conduit
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Review the decision
Determine whether named users, workloads, and IACS zones receive only the minimum approved access.
Outcome readiness
Define the systems and constraints for protected OT boundaries.
Give network, security, and operational teams one service path to review and one decision to make.
Include OT applications in the selected scope.
Include IACS security zones in the selected scope.
Include remote users in the selected scope.
Include Service and Route Endlets in the selected scope.
Include identity and policy services in the selected scope.
Inputs
OT applications, IACS security zones, remote users, Service and Route Endlets, identity and policy services
Path
validated identity and machine state → Endlet admission → least-privilege service policy → enforcement across an approved OT conduit
Evidence
identity state, policy decision, allowed and denied flows, route visibility, session logs, and revocation timing
Quick answers
Protected OT boundaries FAQs
Which systems are in scope for protected OT boundaries?+
OT applications, IACS security zones, remote users, Service and Route Endlets, identity and policy services
What operational outcome should the team review?+
Restrict unauthorized lateral movement and expose only approved operational service relationships.
What decision should the briefing support?+
Determine whether named users, workloads, and IACS zones receive only the minimum approved access.
Continue the evaluation path
See the architecture behind protected OT boundaries.
Determine whether named users, workloads, and IACS zones receive only the minimum approved access.
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