Securing Critical Infrastructure

World's First Full Stack Critical Infrastructure Cyber Resilience Platform.

Transforming Critical Infrastructure Through Operator Led Cyber Resilience

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Open Roles

Align with Industry Specific Regulations

IEC 62443

NIST SP 800 82

NIST CSF 2.0

NERC CIP

NIS2

EU CRA

ISO/IEC 27001

ISO/IEC 27019

ISO 22301

TSA SD

API 1164

NCSC CAF

NCA OTCC

NCA ECC

NCA CSCC

Aramco SACS 002

SAMA

UAE IAS

UAE CSC

DESC ISR

ADSIC

Qatar NIA

Oman CSF

CITRA

Bahrain NCSC

CERT In Directions 2022

NCIIPC

CEA

Indian Railways

AERB

PNGRB

SEBI CSCRF

RBI

Telecom Cyber Security Rules 2024

IT Act Section 70

DPDP Act 2023

BIS IS/IEC 62443

The Fragmentation Problem

Critical infrastructure cyber defense remains fragmented and lacks a cohesive, integrated approach

Critical infrastructure is X-IOT OEM driven, is largely designed, configured, supported, and maintained according to the original equipment manufacturer's architecture and lifecycle, it creates several strategic cybersecurity gaps. These are less about individual vulnerabilities and more about governance, resilience, and control.

The Strategic Gaps

Vendor Dependency
Why It Exists
Operators rely on OEMs for patches, firmware, configurations, and support.
Cybersecurity Impact
Slow response to emerging threats and limited operational autonomy.
Limited Security Ownership
Why It Exists
Security responsibility is often assumed to belong to the OEM rather than the asset owner.
Cybersecurity Impact
Accountability gaps during incidents.
Patch Latency
Why It Exists
OT systems require OEM validation before updates.
Cybersecurity Impact
Known vulnerabilities remain exploitable for extended periods.
Opaque Systems
Why It Exists
Proprietary protocols and closed architectures reduce visibility.
Cybersecurity Impact
Harder to monitor threats or perform independent security assessments.
Restricted Monitoring
Why It Exists
OEM support contracts may limit deployment of third party security tools.
Cybersecurity Impact
Reduced detection capability and blind spots.
Supply Chain Risk
Why It Exists
Trust is concentrated in a relatively small number of vendors.
Cybersecurity Impact
Compromise of an OEM can affect many critical infrastructure operators simultaneously.
Technology Lock in
Why It Exists
Switching vendors is expensive and operationally risky.
Cybersecurity Impact
Security improvements become constrained by the vendor's roadmap.
Legacy Lifecycle
Why It Exists
OT equipment often remains in service for 20 to 30 years.
Cybersecurity Impact
Unsupported operating systems and outdated cryptography persist.
Remote Access Exposure
Why It Exists
OEMs frequently require remote maintenance access.
Cybersecurity Impact
Expanded attack surface and increased third party risk.
Configuration Control
Why It Exists
Critical configurations are often managed by OEM engineers.
Cybersecurity Impact
Limited ability for operators to implement security hardening independently.

Strategic Consequences

An OEM centric operating model often means that cybersecurity maturity is constrained by the vendor's capabilities rather than the operator's risk appetite. This creates several broader issues:

Cybersecurity becomes reactive rather than risk driven.
Security improvements tend to follow OEM release cycles instead of evolving threat intelligence.
Operational resilience depends on vendor resilience.
If an OEM experiences a cyber incident, software compromise, or business disruption, operators may have limited alternatives.
Security architectures become inconsistent.
Different OEMs implement authentication, logging, encryption, and remote access differently, making enterprise wide security governance difficult.
Incident response is slowed.
Organizations may need OEM approval or support before making forensic changes or restoring systems.
Asset visibility suffers.
Operators often lack complete inventories of embedded software, firmware versions, and software bills of materials (SBOMs), making vulnerability management difficult.

We Designed Dawon

One Platform, that shifts OEM led Security to Operator led Cyber Security Model

Aligning control over cyber risk with accountability for operational resilience.

Independent X-IOT Security Governance

Centralized governance capabilities that enable organizations to define and enforce cybersecurity policies independent of OEM specific recommendations.

Incorporates regulatory compliance requirements while supporting organization specific security standards tailored to the operational and risk profile of critical infrastructure.

The platform establishes consistent security controls, standardized risk management practices, and clear accountability for asset owners across the OT environment.

Continuous X-IOT Visibility

Delivers continuous visibility across the entire Extended IoT (X-IoT) environment through passive asset discovery, network monitoring, and automated inventory management.

Maintains real time awareness of connected devices, firmware versions, software components, communication paths, and operational changes.

Comprehensive visibility provides the foundation for vulnerability management, threat detection, compliance reporting, and informed operational decision making.

Adaptive Security Architecture

OT environments cannot be patched or modified frequently, Dawon incorporates an adaptive security architecture that maximizes the effectiveness of security investments while reducing the chances of cyber attacks.

By combining adaptive security controls with real time risk assessments and operationally aware security baselines, it provides an accurate and dynamic cybersecurity risk posture.

Layered security approach contains threats, limits their spread, and minimizes disruption to critical operations.

Threat Intelligence, Research and Cyber Informed Engineering

Correlates global threat intelligence with the organization's operational environment, prioritizes relevant risks, uncovers hidden threats, and enables early detection of sophisticated attacks.

Intelligence driven approach strengthens cyber resilience, enhances situational awareness, and supports faster, risk informed response across critical infrastructure.

Cybersecurity gets embedded throughout the engineering lifecycle. Enables engineers to incorporate secure by design principles into system architecture, asset deployment, and operational processes.

Third Party Risk Management

Comprehensive management of cybersecurity risks associated with OEMs, system integrators, and external service providers.

Supports secure vendor onboarding, continuous monitoring of third party remote access, Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) management, and coordinated vulnerability disclosure processes.

Integrates supply chain security into daily operations, strengthens trust across the entire X-IOT ecosystem and reduces exposure to third party cyber risks.

Operational Resilience

Beyond preventing cyber attacks, strengthens the organization's ability to withstand, respond to, and recover from cyber incidents.

Disaster Recovery and Cyber Crisis Management is supported by automated recovery procedures, cyber incident response orchestration, and resilience testing drills.

Enables contingency planning that allows critical operations to continue even during prolonged vendor outages or major cyber disruptions, ensuring the continuity of essential services.