Chemical Cybersecurity
Chemical manufacturers face critical cyber threats to their industrial control systems. Dragos provides specialized OT cybersecurity protecting production operations.
Chemical facilities are prime targets for ransomware, espionage, and destructive attacks. Our industry-specific approach helps you implement the five critical controls needed to protect your most valuable assets and maintain operational continuity.
Protect your chemical manufacturing operations with our integrated platform, threat intelligence, and expert services designed specifically for industrial environments.
Founded by renowned ICS/OT practitioners who have defeated adversaries for the U.S. government and global firms, Dragos brings unmatched expertise to chemical industry cybersecurity.
Chemical facilities offer high-value targets due to their critical role in production, valuable intellectual property, and potential for significant financial impact from downtime. Attackers know that disrupting chemical operations can force lucrative ransom payments and cause real-world safety risks.
OT systems in chemical plants require continuous operation for safety and production, making traditional IT patching and updates impractical. OT security focuses on maintaining operational integrity, protecting against process manipulation, and ensuring safety systems remain functional during cyber events.
The SANS Institute identifies five critical controls: ICS Incident Response Planning, Defensible Architecture, Network Visibility and Monitoring, Secure Remote Access, and Risk-Based Vulnerability Management. These controls provide the foundation for protecting chemical manufacturing operations.
Dragos tracks five activity groups targeting the chemical sector, including MAGNALLIUM (active since 2017 using phishing and password spraying) and CHRYSENE (using watering-hole attacks and covert communication). We continuously update threat intelligence as new groups emerge.
Chemical plants should prioritize vulnerabilities that bridge IT and OT networks or could cause loss of view/control of processes. Most OT vulnerabilities don’t require immediate patching if you have proper segmentation and defensible architecture in place.
