Custom alerts and data visualization let you quickly identify and prevent downtime and other issues in your OT ecosystem.
In data centers and industrial companies from different sectors, IT administrators need to deal more with the OT world than ever before.
Converged IT/OT infrastructures mean that previously isolated industrial networks are being opened up to connect with new systems and endpoints from the outside, often across multiple locations.
This interconnectivity has many advantages but naturally poses great risks for network security and threat detection, too – as the exponential rise in the number of cyberattacks shows.
Governments therefore demand more than ever that companies adhere to strict security rules and regulations.
One of these regulations is the European NIS-2 Directive, or the Network and Information Security Directive 2, which has to become national law in all EU member states until October 2024. NIS-2 includes, for example:
Don’t wait till it’s too late. For meeting the NIS-2 Directive and similar regulations in full, it is crucial that a comprehensive cyber security strategy also includes a holistic IT and OT monitoring concept.
Paessler PRTG is your centralized IT/OT monitoring tool that you can easily integrate alongside other cyber security solutions and intrusion detection systems out there. With PRTG, you get:
Diagnose network issues by continuously tracking IT and OT components in your infrastructure. Show alarms and other key metrics in real time. Visualize monitoring data in clear graphs and dashboards to identify problems more easily. Gain the overview you need to troubleshoot issues with your OT network.
Device tree view of the complete monitoring setup
Custom PRTG dashboard for keeping an eye on the entire IT infrastructure
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PRTG comes with more than 250 native sensor types for monitoring your entire on-premises, cloud, and hybrid cloud environment out of the box. Check out some examples below!
The OPC UA Server Status sensor monitors the server status, uptime, and diagnostic information of an OPC Unified Architecture (OPC UA) server. It can show the following:
The MQTT Round Trip sensor monitors the availability of a Message Queue Telemetry Transport (MQTT) broker (server), connects to the broker as a publishing and subscribing client, and sends the data packets using a predefined topic. It can show the following:
The Modbus RTU Custom sensor connects to a Modbus Remote Terminal Unit (RTU) server and monitors up to ten returned numeric values. It can show the following:
The Redfish Power Supply sensor monitors the power supply of a Redfish Scalable Platforms Management API (Redfish)-capable server. It can show the following:
See the PRTG Manual for a list of all available sensor types.
Real-time notifications mean faster troubleshooting so that you can act before more serious issues occur.
No matter if you operate multiple data centers or if your manufacturing facilities are distributed globally – with PRTG, you can collect monitoring data from an unlimited number of remote networks and send it in encrypted form to the central PRTG server.
Get a unified monitoring overview of all your distributed sites in a single pane of glass.
Always stay informed about critical issues in your IT and OT infrastructure. PRTG lets you define individual warning and error thresholds as well as notification triggers for different escalation levels.
Detect problems even before they become a serious threat to security and business continuity – and rest assured that if PRTG doesn’t alert you, everything is up and running as expected.
Use PRTG’s highly customizable reporting system to generate reports on demand or via schedule.
You can comfortably choose which data to include in which format, for example, as historical data graphs.
This way, reporting on incidents to the management or even to administrations is easier than ever.
Create visualizations of your monitoring setup the way you need. Our easy-to-use drag-and-drop map editor comes with a huge number of preconfigured widgets for your convenience.
Publish your individual dashboards on data center screens or in your factory’s production hall – or set role-based access rights to let only authorized personnel view them.
Custom alerts and data visualization let you quickly identify and prevent OT network issues.
PRTG is set up in a matter of minutes and can be used on a wide variety of mobile devices.
“Excellent tool for detailed monitoring. Alarms and notifications work greatly. Equipment addition is straight forward and server initial setup is very easy. ...feel safe to purchase it if you intend to monitor a large networking landscape.”
Partnering with innovative IT vendors, Paessler unleashes synergies to create
new and additional benefits for joined customers.
With the combination of PRTG and Insys, the monitoring specialist Paessler and the industrial gateway manufacturer INSYS icom offer a practical possibility to merge IT and OT.
Rhebo and PRTG offer a comprehensive monitoring solution for IT and OT environments: from condition monitoring through to anomaly and threat detection.
Paessler PRTG integrates Wago systems into the higher-level monitoring of IT, security and production systems, thus creating a central overview.
Real-time notifications mean faster troubleshooting so that you can act before more serious issues occur.
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OT security, or Operational Technology security, refers to the measures that businesses implement to protect operational technology systems and networks. Operational technology includes the hardware and software used to monitor and control physical processes, such as industrial control systems (ICS), SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition) systems, and other technologies used in critical infrastructure sectors like energy, manufacturing, transportation, and utilities.
OT security monitoring involves the continuous observation and analysis of OT systems and networks to detect and respond to security incidents and anomalies. It is a critical component of a comprehensive OT security strategy.
The goal of OT security monitoring is to identify potential threats, vulnerabilities, or abnormal behavior that could compromise the integrity, availability, or confidentiality of OT components and infrastructures.
Paessler PRTG is proprietary monitoring software for IT, OT, and IIoT infrastructures of all sizes. It is no dedicated OT security monitoring tool, but it can easily be integrated into your OT security concept. Features of PRTG related to IT/OT security include:
The European Union's Network and Information Systems Directive 2 (NIS-2 Directive) is a legislative framework that was established to enhance the overall cybersecurity and resilience of network and information systems across the EU.
NIS-2 has to become national legislation in all member states of the European Union until October 2024. The directive includes extended cyber security demands for businesses and organizations from various industries; more concrete measures regarding cyber risk management; as well as stricter reporting and liability rules and sanctions in case of security incidents.
In PRTG, “sensors” are the basic monitoring elements. One sensor usually monitors one measured value in your network, for example the traffic of a switch port, the CPU load of a server, or the free space on a disk drive. On average, you need about 5-10 sensors per device or one sensor per switch port.
Paessler conducted trials in over 600 IT departments worldwide to tune its network monitoring software closer to the needs of sysadmins. The result of the survey: over 95% of the participants would recommend PRTG – or already have.
Paessler PRTG is used by companies of all sizes. Sysadmins love PRTG because it makes their job a whole lot easier.
Bandwidth, servers, virtual environments, websites, VoIP services – PRTG keeps an eye on your entire network.
Everyone has different monitoring needs. That’s why we let you try PRTG for free.
