How We Work

A disciplined process for environments where mistakes stop production

In an OT environment, the wrong change at the wrong time doesn't just cause an outage — it can create a safety incident. Every Destria engagement follows the same five-stage sequence, in the same order, every time.

Stage 01

Assess

We start by establishing what's actually on your network — not what the as-built diagrams say. Using passive discovery methods that don't risk destabilizing legacy PLCs or safety systems, we build a verified asset inventory and map communication flows across your environment.

  • Passive asset discovery and network traffic mapping
  • Risk-ranked findings register, scored by operational consequence
  • Gap review against IEC 62443 and NIST SP 800-82 baselines
  • Zero active scanning of fragile or safety-critical devices without explicit sign-off
Stage 02

Design

Assessment findings become an architecture — not a slide deck. We translate risk findings into a zone-and-conduit model mapped to your Purdue levels, accounting for the legacy platforms, vendor constraints, and change windows that actually govern your plant.

  • Zone and conduit segmentation model (Levels 0–5)
  • Boundary control and firewall policy design
  • Deployment sequencing built around your maintenance windows
  • Sign-off on design before any hardware touches the floor
Stage 03

Harden

Segmentation, access controls, and endpoint hardening get deployed in controlled stages — never as a single high-risk cutover. Each stage is validated before the next begins.

  • Staged network segmentation and firewall policy rollout
  • Secure remote access with identity-driven, zero-trust principles
  • System and endpoint hardening aligned to security level targets
  • Rollback plan defined before every change window
Stage 04

Deploy

Facility-wide IT, data systems, AI tooling, and payment infrastructure get rolled out on top of the hardened foundation — sequenced to avoid unplanned downtime and validated against the design before go-live.

  • Structured cabling, wireless, and endpoint rollout
  • Data historian and allocation system commissioning
  • AI/analytics integration with defined data-governance boundaries
  • Post-deployment validation against the original design
Stage 05

Support

A hardened environment needs upkeep, not a one-time project. We stay engaged for ongoing monitoring, patch governance, and a direct line to the team that actually built your environment — not a generic help desk.

  • Ongoing monitoring design and coverage review
  • Patch and change governance
  • Backup and recovery validation
  • Direct access to your original engineering team

Why this order matters: Every stage depends on the one before it. Hardening without an accurate asset inventory means securing devices you don't know exist — or missing ones you do. That's why we don't skip Assess, even for facilities that think they already know their network.

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