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As manufacturers connect more field tools, historical databases, supplier platforms, and support systems to industrial environments, Secomea urges organizations to strengthen OT remote access governance.
Copenhagen, DenmarkJune 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Secomea, a leader in secure remote access for operational technology (OT) environments, today emphasized the growing importance of secure remote access as a core control measure for OT cybersecurity, industrial cybersecurity, and operational resilience.
As manufacturers, machine builders, and critical infrastructure operators continue to connect industrial control systems, field service tools, historical databases, engineering workstations, remote maintenance platforms, and third-party vendor systems to networks, the boundaries of OT cybersecurity are expanding. Risks are no longer limited to core control systems such as PLCs, HMIs, and SCADA environments, but are increasingly extending to interconnected systems and users that support production, maintenance, diagnostics, and service delivery.
Knud Kegel, Chief Technology and Product Officer at Secomea, stated: “Secure remote access is now one of the most important control measures in OT cybersecurity. Manufacturers need to know who is accessing their OT environment, when they are connecting, what they can access, and whether each session is authenticated, authorized, segmented, and auditable.”
Recent developments in industrial cybersecurity have further reinforced the importance of strengthening OT access governance. Public security advisories and incident reports consistently indicate that exposed access paths, unmanaged third-party connections, weak authentication, and insufficient visibility can pose risks to production continuity, safety, compliance, and customer trust.
Secomea helps manufacturers, equipment makers, and critical infrastructure operators enhance OT cybersecurity capabilities by providing secure remote access for OT environments. The platform enables organizations to control user access to industrial assets, implement role-based access control, support multi-factor authentication, segment access to critical systems, and maintain audit logs for remote sessions.
For manufacturers, secure remote access helps accelerate troubleshooting, reduce downtime, improve the security of supplier support, and enhance compliance readiness. For equipment makers, the solution enables scalable remote services while helping customers strengthen governance and control over third-party access to industrial systems.
Kegel said: “Industrial organizations don’t need fewer connections. They need more controlled connections. Our goal is to ensure that every remote connection has clear intent, identity, authorization, segmentation, and full visibility, transforming remote access from a simple connectivity tool into a critical control point in modern OT security architecture.”
Why Secure Remote Access is Critical for OT Cybersecurity
- OT cybersecurity is fundamentally about controlling who can access industrial systems and under what conditions.
- Secure remote access helps mitigate risks from unmanaged vendor access, shared credentials, exposed systems, and excessive permissions.
- Role-based access control, multi-factor authentication, network segmentation, and audit logs are becoming foundational requirements for OT remote access.
- Manufacturers need visibility and observability not only into core control systems but also into adjacent OT support systems such as historical databases, engineering workstations, field service platforms, and remote maintenance tools.
- Secure remote access enhances operational resilience by enabling faster diagnostics and troubleshooting without compromising security governance.