Abingdon-based SOC-as-a-service provider e2e-assure says 51% of organisations now expect their operational technology environments to be targeted more than any other part of the estate, as plants add connected sensors and smart equipment that expand the available attack surface. The company points to recent disruption across manufacturing — including Jaguar Land Rover’s production stoppage following a cyber incident, and a cyberattack that disrupted Asahi’s domestic operations in Japan — as evidence that OT compromise is no longer something to be deprioritised.
Against that backdrop, e2e-assure’s research suggests a persistent gap between the rhetoric of convergence and what is actually being monitored. It found 28% of organisations still rely on manual or ad hoc coordination between IT and OT visibility and monitoring, while 32% are leaning on detection platforms originally built for IT, 29% are using active visibility tools, and 28% are running custom-developed detection logic. In practice, that mix tends to mean inconsistent coverage, alerts that lack industrial context, and teams trying to triage plant telemetry with tools tuned for office networks.
The company has launched what it calls 24/7 Unified IT/OT Detection and monitoring, built around EmberOT’s OT sensor technology, but also designed to operate with other leading OT cyber sensor tools. e2e-assure says the service feeds directly into its UK-based SOC, and that deployments can be run locally without external connectivity for sensitive environments.
“From expanding threats to mounting regulatory requirements, OT organisations are not equipped to handle these challenges alone,” said Rob Demain, CEO of e2e-assure. “But it’s not a process that can be easily outsourced due to the complexity and sensitivity of their operations. We are delighted that with this new product and partnership, e2e-assure is now further equipped to support organisations where operational resilience and avoiding costly downtime is crucial.”
On the technical side, e2e-assure is leaning on EmberOT’s software-based sensors to provide continuous insight into asset status, vulnerabilities, and threats, with the stated aim of reducing false positives, improving detection times, and increasing asset visibility. e2e-assure says customers will also be able to generate asset inventories with contextual risk indexing, prioritise vulnerabilities based on operational relevance, and push simplified alerts into the SOC for 24/7 investigation and response.
Delivery is supported by a partnership with Trinity OT Security, which will lead consultative engagements including OT risk assessments, security improvement planning, and compliance advisory, with e2e-assure providing ongoing monitoring across IT and OT telemetry. “Securing operational technology environments requires more than point solutions; it demands a strategic blend of deep technical insight, risk-based advisory and resilient operational defence,” said Ben Dunlop, Chief Operating Officer at Trinity OT.
“By partnering with e2e-assure, we are enhancing our ability to protect customers throughout the security lifecycle, from shaping improvements to sustaining them with world-class, 24/7 threat detection and response. This collaboration strengthens our collective commitment to deliver measurable risk reduction and operational resilience for organisations whose uptime and safety are paramount.”
e2e-assure says the unified IT/OT service is available immediately, with demos offered as part of a tailored service plan.
