16/10/2025

Maritime – Vertical Solutions

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MARITIME SECURITY
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Maritime operations have entered a new era where data is mission-critical to safety, efficiency, compliance, and competitiveness.

Ships are now highly connected platforms, continuously exchanging telemetry with shore for voyage optimization, condition-based maintenance, emissions reporting, and security monitoring.

This transformation creates undeniable value, but it also expands the attack surface and elevates operational risk in environments where a single compromise can endanger life, cargo, vessels, and the marine environment.

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20/05/2025

CIS Controls Compliance- Vertical Solutions

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CIS CONTROLS COMPLIANCE
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Center for Internet Security developed the CIS Controls v8.1 for ICS—a specialized framework designed to help cybersecurity posture using practical, prioritized defensive measures

The CIS Controls for Industrial Control Systems (ICS) is a globally recognized cybersecurity framework developed by the Center for Internet Security. It provides a prioritized set of defensive actions specifically tailored for operational technology (OT) environments, guiding asset owners in securing critical infrastructure like manufacturing plants, power grids, water treatment facilities, and more. The v8.1 ICS edition maps these actions to the unique risks and constraints of ICS, including real-time system requirements, legacy components, and safety-critical operations.

ICS environments face increasingly frequent and sophisticated cyber threats—from ransomware that halts production to state-sponsored attacks targeting energy systems. The CIS Controls v8.1 provides a practical, tested roadmap for resilience, covering everything from asset inventory and configuration management to secure data flow and audit logging.

ConnexOne, our high-assurance, hardware-enforced unidirectional gateway, plays a pivotal role in achieving the goals laid out in the CIS Controls v8.1 ICS guide. While many safeguards rely on policies or software enforcement, ConnexOne offers physically enforced data integrity by ensuring that information flows only one way—from ICS to enterprise, never back. This unidirectional flow is vital in scenarios where confidentiality, system integrity, and availability are non-negotiable.

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14/05/2025

NERC CIP Compliance – Vertical Solutions

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NERC CIP COMPLIANCE
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NERC CIP requires that critical infrastructure entities comply with stringent security controls, ConnexONE helps companies complies with NERC regulations.

The North American Electric Reliability Corporation is responsible for ensuring the reliability and security of the bulk power system across North America. As part of this mission, NERC develops and enforces the Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) standards, which detail essential cybersecurity controls.

Entities registered with NERC, such as utilities, transmission operators, and electric generation companies, must comply with these standards. NERC CIP standards address a wide range of security aspects including asset identification, network perimeter protection, secure system management, incident response, and supply chain risk mitigation. The ultimate goal is to protect North American Bulk Electric System (BES) operations from outages, equipment damage, and other threats caused by cyberattacks.

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14/05/2025

SAP MES Integration – Vertical Solutions

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SAP MES INTEGRATION
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In the era of Industry 4.0, manufacturers increasingly rely on real-time data to optimize processes, improve operational efficiency, and maintain a competitive edge.

However, the integration of shop floor machinery with enterprise systems, such as SAP MES (Manufacturing Execution System), introduces significant security risks. Machinery networks, which are critical to production, can become vulnerable entry points for cyberattacks when connected to external systems. This creates a pressing need for solutions that balance seamless data integration with robust security measures.

A data diode offers a transformative solution to this challenge. By enabling secure, unidirectional data flow, a data diode ensures that machinery networks remain inaccessible from external systems, effectively eliminating the risk of cyber intrusion. This technology provides manufacturers with the ability to collect real-time data from machinery and transmit it securely to SAP environments for business analytics, without compromising network integrity. In an SAP environment, the role of a data diode becomes even more critical.

SAP MES and other SAP solutions are designed to derive actionable insights from shop floor data, enabling advanced functionalities such as predictive maintenance, quality management, and production optimization. The effectiveness of these systems hinges on the availability of accurate, timely data. A data diode ensures this data can be securely transmitted, allowing businesses to fully leverage SAP’s analytics and decision-making capabilities.

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14/05/2025

Operational Technologies (OT) – Vertical Solutions

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OPERATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES (OT)
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Operational Technologies are in the heart of any production facilities but require external and extensive security measures

Industrial production facilities are complex and integrated systems to manufacture and create products that supports our daily routines. These facilities process raw materials and transform them into various end products to meet different day to day requirements, from automotive to food. While speaking about production, we should keep in mind that any kind of energy transformation plants are no exceptions.

Modern industrial production requires sophisticated methods not only in terms of production speed and volume, but also in terms of efficiency, quality control and cost management. Continuously developing technology has become a part of the industry 4.0 revolution and beyond, enabling industrial facilities to operate more efficiently and self-driven.

Operational Technologies (OT) and Information Technologies (IT) are two fundamental pillars of modern industrial environments, although they serve very different purposes. OT is concerned with the direct control and monitoring of physical devices and processes. This side includes technologies directly related to production, such as production machineries, automation systems, and control devices.

Slightly different environments exist in IT part. IT focuses on enterprise information management and business processes that are mainly related to data processing, storage, and communication. The interaction between these two areas plays a significant role in efficiency and innovation, but each has its distinct technical and security challenges.

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14/05/2025

Finance – Vertical Solutions

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FINANCE
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In finance, IT security is of paramount importance, encompassing a broad range of measures designed to protect sensitive data and ensure operational integrity.

In the modern financial businesses, IT security is crucial to protect sensitive data and to ensure operational integrity. Financial institutions face stringent operational and regulatory requirements to safeguard information against cyber threats.

Data diodes, that enforce oneway data transmission, offer a highly effective solution for enhancing security, ensuring data integrity, and supporting regulatory compliance.

This document explores the necessity and benefits of implementing data diodes in financial institutions, focusing on regulatory frameworks in the European Union, the United Kingdom, the United States and Turkey where IT processes are extensively defined. Data diodes significantly enhance security by creating an impenetrable barrier against cyber threats. Unlike other solutions, data diodes provide physical separation that eliminates the risk of unauthorized access from external networks. This ensures the protection of sensitive information, such as financial data, transaction records, and personal customer information. The document details the technical and architectural approaches to integrate data diodes into financial systems, including strategic placement in network architecture, ensuring compatibility with existing systems, implementing redundancy and failover mechanisms, and maintaining ongoing monitoring and maintenance. Furthermore, data diodes help financial institutions comply with various regulatory requirements. In the EU, GDPR mandates stringent measures to protect personal data, while the EBA’s guidelines emphasize secure data transmission. In the UK, FCA and PRA guidelines stress strong cyber security measures. In Turkey, BDDK regulations align with international standards for ICT risk management and in the US, the GLBA and FFIEC guidelines require robust data protection practices. By implementing data diodes, financial institutions can enhance operational efficiency, simplify network architecture, and achieve long-term cost savings while ensuring compliance with these regulations.

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12/05/2025

27001 Compliance- Vertical Solutions

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27001 COMPLIANCE
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Data diodes are critical for ISO 27001 compliance, providing unidirectional data flow to prevent unauthorized access and data exfiltration.

ISO/IEC 27001 is a globally recognized standard for managing information security, aimed at helping organizations protect their information assets such as financial data, intellectual property, and personal information.

It specifies requirements for establishing, implementing, maintaining, and continuously improving an Information Security Management System (ISMS), emphasizing risk management and continual improvement.

Key components of ISO 27001 include a systematic approach to managing sensitive information, identifying and treating risks, and implementing specific security controls. The standard is used across various industries to ensure compliance with legal and regulatory requirements, enhance customer trust, and provide a competitive advantage. It also supports operational efficiency, business continuity, and third-party assurance.

Data diodes are critical for ISO 27001 compliance, providing unidirectional data flow to prevent unauthorized access and data exfiltration. By enforcing strict network segmentation, data diodes isolate sensitive information, ensuring robust access control and secure communication channels. This hardware-enforced security mechanism protects against sophisticated cyber threats and ensures the integrity and confidentiality of critical data.

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