Why Change: Overcoming OT Cybersecurity Fears

"Will this solution impact our uptime or force an unplanned outage?"

We know that introducing new security infrastructure generally means complexity, latency, and system instability, are the biggest threats to continuous production… aside from being hacked. However, BlastWave's Zero Trust architecture is designed and built for resilience, zero disruption, and no slip ups.

BlastShield is non-intrusive and installs as a software layer that can be deployed without network redesign or reconfiguration. Its low-latency design ensures control systems remain responsive, and by eliminating the root cause of cyber-induced outages (like initial access breaches and ransomware), it fundamentally increases your operational uptime, turning security from a cost center into a reliability driver.

Your upgraded OT security solution need not be a misstep.

“We lack the specialized IT staff to manage complex new rules, firewalls, and VPNs."‍

In your experience, new security tools inevitably introduce policy sprawl, configuration errors, and require full-time, highly specialized personnel to maintain.‍

‍It’s all going to be OK – we deliver industrial-grade security with consumer-grade ease-of-use. BlastShield replaces the complexity of disparate VPNs, traditional firewalls, and jump hosts with a single, centrally orchestrated Zero Trust solution. Policy creation is simplified by using identity, rather than IP addresses, for access control. This simplified architecture dramatically reduces management overhead, mitigates human configuration errors, and allows your existing OT and IT staff to manage security efficiently.‍

We’re confident you’ll find this new approach to OT security pretty cool.

“It is going to cost too much!”‍

We’ve all been here: How are you going to justify a high-cost purchase to the board? When it comes to OT cybersecurity, you're not just worried about the price tag; you're also concerned about possible financial consequences: What if the investment doesn't yield a return? What if it's a mistake? At BlastWave, we understand this – the risk of that irreversible drop makes it daunting.

That's why we don't just sell a product; we offer a solution with a crystal clear return on mitigation (ROM) and Return on Security Investment (ROSI). We help you reach new heights of security without the anxiety of a fall. With a total cost of ownership (TCO) significantly lower than traditional, hardware-heavy perimeter solutions, BlastShield isn’t an expense; it's an investment that secures your operational stability and peace of mind. ‍

We price OT Cybersecurity for the masses.

“I heard a horror story about a cybersecurity project that lasted two years!”‍

Anecdote, rumor or good old jungle drums – just hearing that a project could take months, perhaps years, makes you anxious, as you imagine costs piling up and both staff and executives kicking up a stink.

Because time is critical, our solutions are designed to get you secured without the long, anxiety-inducing wait. The implementation process is not a long, drawn out route march to a distant finish line, but a series of manageable, straightforward steps. Check this out: When one existing customer acquired a new site, we added over 20,000 devices to their existing solution in less than a month. Shazam!

‍We focus on rapidly delivering efficient and streamlined deployments. On time.

“If it all goes wrong I’m going to look bad”

For a CISO, choosing a new cybersecurity solution can feel like all eyes are on you. Even if the product works as intended, there’s a lingering fear that somewhere, somehow, a future breach will be traced back to your decision – and the “duck of blame” will be watching, ready to leave something unpleasant on your desk. However, the successful deployment of a water-tight solution will be directly attributable to your decision. 

Today BlastShield has been deployed by over 30 customers to over 5000 sites in 19 countries, and has clocked over 300 million device-hours, without a single breach detected. Not one.

Which is something worth quacking about.