Y Cyber highlights the five key elements for building a security operations model capable of protecting operational continuity, safety, and industrial resilience.
Milan, June 18, 2026 – The convergence of Information Technology (IT) and Operational Technology (OT) is profoundly transforming the industrial cybersecurity landscape. While the growing interconnection among production facilities, control systems, cloud environments, and IIoT technologies enables greater operational efficiency, it also expands the attack surface and increases exposure to cyber threats that can directly impact production continuity and process safety.
In this context, Security Operations Center (SOC) models traditionally designed for IT environments are showing increasingly evident limitations when applied to industrial infrastructures. OT environments present unique characteristics, including legacy systems, proprietary protocols, limited asset visibility, and operational constraints that require dedicated approaches to monitoring, detection, and incident response.
To support industrial organizations in strengthening their cyber defense capabilities, Y Cyber – a Business Unit within the HWG Sababa Group specialized in OT security – sponsored an IDC Spotlight “Building the OT SOC: 5 Steps to Secure Industrial Operations” (June 2026), which identifies the fundamental elements of a resilience-oriented OT SOC model.
According to the analysis, an effective OT SOC should be built on five key pillars:
- Continuous industrial asset mapping and passive visibility
- Alignment of security activities with operational risk
- Detection and validation capabilities designed specifically for OT environments
- Integration of IT and OT security operations
- Automation and artificial intelligence to improve scalability and operational effectiveness
“In industrial environments, cybersecurity cannot be considered separately from operational continuity and safety,” comments Roberto Caviglia, Chief BU of Y Cyber. “For this reason, organizations need SOC models that understand the production context and can integrate specialized OT expertise, advanced monitoring capabilities, and response processes adapted to the constraints of industrial facilities.”
Through its specialized expertise and the HyperSOC™ platform, Y Cyber supports organizations operating in industrial sectors and critical infrastructures in adopting security operations models designed to provide visibility, threat detection, and response capabilities across the entire IT, OT, and IoT ecosystem. The complete IDC Spotlight is available at: https://y-cyber.com/idc-spotlight-soc-ot-download/
IDC Spotlight, sponsored by Y Cyber, Building the OT SOC: 5 Steps to Secure Industrial Operations (#EUR154526926, June 2026)
About HWG Sababa
HWG Sababa is a full-service provider headquartered in Italy, specializing in cybersecurity across IT, OT and IoT domains. Through an end-to-end approach, the company delivers advanced services across three strategic areas: HyperSOC™, Audit, Offensive & Governance, and Security Implementation & Management. With 90% of revenues generated in Italy and 10% across Europe, the Middle East and Central Asia, HWG Sababa has experienced significant organic growth between 2022 and 2025, further strengthened by targeted M&A initiatives aimed at expanding technical expertise and enhancing geographic proximity to clients. The company primarily serves medium and large Italian enterprises operating in highly industrialized and regulated sectors with mission-critical infrastructures.
HWG Sababa has offices in Verona, Milan, Genoa, Florence, Rome, Bergamo, Bari, Tashkent, Vilnius, Dubai and Madrid.
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