Microsoft Defender for IOT - Operational Technology (OT) Insights and Managed Services

ProArch OT Insights & Managed Services (OTIMS)

ProArch’s Operational Technology (OT) Insights and Managed Services (OTIMS) is designed to help utility, power, and manufacturing organizations monitor, secure, and optimize their OT environments using Microsoft’s advanced security and cloud technologies.

Why it matters

OT environments are increasingly connected, yet often lack the visibility, security, and support that IT networks enjoy. With aging infrastructure, proprietary protocols, and rising cyber threats targeting critical systems, the risk of unplanned outages, safety incidents, and compliance failures is growing.

OTIMS provides the continuous monitoring, threat detection, and expert response needed to protect uptime, ensure safety, and maintain regulatory compliance—without burdening internal teams and freeing them to focus on operations.

How OTIMS works

At the core of OTIMS is Microsoft Defender for IoT, which delivers agentless, real-time monitoring of industrial networks, detecting anomalies, vulnerabilities, and threats across diverse OT assets.

• Unified detection & response: Combined with Microsoft Defender XDR and Microsoft Sentinel, OTIMS unifies threat detection across IT and OT for faster, more accurate incident response.
• Cloud-scale analytics: Microsoft Azure powers scalable data ingestion, analytics, and secure remote access, giving operators and security teams the insights they need to act decisively.

Architecture & approach

• OEM vendor-agnostic: Seamless integration with your existing infrastructure.
• Zero Trust model: Leverages Microsoft identity and access controls to verify every device, user, and dataflow.
• 24x7 operations: Continuous monitoring, backup and disaster recovery, and privileged access management.

Outcomes

• Protect uptime: Reduce unplanned outages and safety incidents.
• Strengthen security: Detect and respond to OT/IT threats in real time.
• Maintain compliance: Support multiple regulatory frameworks and audits.
• Reduce burden on teams: Free internal resources to focus on operations.