OT / IT Infrastructure Coordination

Coordination between operational/building systems and enterprise network infrastructure.

Challenge

Plant devices and enterprise networking disagreed about ownership of the same copper.

Scope

Network boundaries, device communications, VLAN requirements, system interfaces, responsibility boundaries and controls connectivity.

Technical approach

Write the boundary: who owns addressing, who owns the VLAN, who owns the failure mode.

Systems / tools

OT/building devices, enterprise network, VLAN/segmentation, controls connectivity.

Deliverables

Established integration requirements and responsibility boundaries.