Securing Mission-Critical OT: How Claroty Powers Compliance with the DoD/DoW’s Zero Trust for OT Framework

To address the pressing challenge of increased adversary targeting against U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) / Department of War (DoW) networks, the Zero Trust framework for Operational Technology (OT) enables DoD/DoW organizations to establish a resilient network environment. Implementing solutions that align with the DoD/DoW Zero Trust (ZT) Strategy Target and Advanced level activities and capabilities for this unique mission space, the DoD/DoW can significantly enhance its overall security posture, and safeguard critical infrastructure assets from evolving threats.

OT solutions that align with the DoD/DoW ZT Strategy Target and Advanced level activities and capabilities should provide cyber vulnerability baselining, advanced threat indications and warnings, anomaly detection, and facilitate information sharing. Such capabilities will enable real-time response actions to disrupt attacker Industrial Control System (ICS) cyber kill chains, expedite recovery to restore normal operations, and enable machine-to-machine sharing of threat indicators and mitigations to thwart adversary re-use of attacks.

This paper will outline what OT-specific capabilities are necessary for these unique networks, how they are different from IT and therefore must embrace different considerations, and how they align with the DoD/DoW’s ZT for OT framework.

The Complete mapping of how the Claroty Platform directly supports the Department of Defense / Department of War’s Zero Trust for OT framework can be found in Section III.