Observe relationships
Understand how assets, services, and equipment interact so the information collected from the environment becomes more meaningful.
Discovering assets is a first step. Understanding their relationships, communications, and the situations that deserve particular attention provides deeper insight into an OT/IT environment.
Infrastructure is not static. Equipment communicates, services evolve, and operational conditions change. Analysis puts observations into context so teams can distinguish what is expected from what deserves additional attention.
Understand how assets, services, and equipment interact so the information collected from the environment becomes more meaningful.
An isolated observation is not enough to conclude that there is a threat. Context helps teams better assess changes, new communications, and unusual situations.
Not all information has the same importance. The goal is to highlight the elements that truly deserve the attention of technical and operational teams.
An alert without context creates noise. Clear, contextualized, and understandable information supports better human decision-making.
Maintenance, equipment replacement, configuration changes, new services, or operational changes can all alter the environment. Good analysis therefore does not treat every new development as an attack.
IT and operational events should not always be examined separately. A change in an IT environment can influence an OT environment, and vice versa.
The goal of analysis is to transform technical observations into clearer, better contextualized, and more useful information for the people responsible for the environment.