The Threat Reality

Nation-states aren't planning to attack your infrastructure. They're already inside it.

CISA, NSA, and the FBI have issued repeated warnings that adversaries like Volt Typhoon have pre-positioned access inside U.S. critical infrastructure — water, power, transportation, and communications — not to attack today, but to be ready when geopolitical conditions demand it. The threat is persistent, patient, and already present.

Nation-State Actors

Volt Typhoon. TRITON. Sandworm.

State-sponsored groups are systematically mapping CI networks, establishing persistent access, and pre-positioning for disruption. Their TTPs are documented. SCYTHE emulates them exactly.

IT/OT Convergence

The air gap is gone.

Digital transformation has connected OT environments to enterprise IT networks — and to the internet. Every new integration is a potential pivot point from a compromised laptop to a control system.

Ransomware at Scale

Colonial Pipeline wasn't a one-off.

CI operators are high-value ransomware targets precisely because downtime is existential. Attackers know you'll pay. The only answer is ensuring they can't get in — and knowing it before they do.

CI sectors designated by CISA as critical to U.S. national security

5+ yrs

Average dwell time for nation-state actors in CI networks before detection

42%

of CI organizations report their OT environments have never been security tested

value of compliance certifications when an adversary is already inside your network

The Gap

Compliance is not the same as security. Your adversaries know this.

NERC CIP, CFATS, and NIST CSF give critical infrastructure operators a compliance framework. What they don't give you is proof that your controls actually stop an adversary operating with real-world TTPs, dwell time, and lateral movement techniques.

Traditional penetration testing is even less suited to OT environments. A pentest that disrupts a SCADA system or PLC network doesn't just fail the test — it potentially takes the grid down. Most CI security teams have never run a realistic adversary simulation against their OT environment because the risk of doing so felt higher than the risk of not doing it.

That calculus has to change. SCYTHE makes it possible.

Why Traditional Approaches Fail CI

Annual penetration tests miss persistent threats

Nation-state actors operate on multi-year timelines. A point-in-time pentest tells you nothing about an adversary who's been quietly mapping your network for 18 months.

OT environments can't tolerate disruptive testing

Running aggressive scanning or exploit testing on live ICS/SCADA systems risks physical disruption. Most CI operators accept this risk and simply don't test. SCYTHE's adversary emulation is designed to exercise defenses without operational impact.

Compliance frameworks test controls, not adversaries

NERC CIP and CFATS audits verify that documented controls exist. They don't verify that those controls stop a Volt Typhoon operator who knows exactly how to evade your EDR and live off the land in your OT network.

IT security teams lack OT context

Most enterprise security teams are IT-trained. OT protocols, SCADA architecture, and ICS-specific attack paths require a different knowledge base — and threat actor playbooks specifically built for operational technology environments.

The SCYTHE Answer

Adversary emulation built for the environments you can't afford to get wrong.

SCYTHE gives critical infrastructure security teams the ability to run realistic adversary simulations against their IT and OT environments — using the actual TTPs of the threat actors targeting their sector — without operational disruption, and with the evidence regulators and leadership need.

OT/ICS Validation

Test OT defenses without touching OT systems.

Validate security controls at the IT/OT boundary using real adversary techniques through realistic threat emulation, including ICS-specific attack paths, without putting operational systems at risk.

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Purple Teaming

Build detection capability against your actual threats.

Run continuous purple team exercises using CI-specific threat actor playbooks. Identify detection gaps before an adversary exploits them. Build a detection library that actually reflects your threat model.

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Operationalize CTI

Turn threat intelligence into tested defenses.

Translate CISA advisories, sector-specific threat reports, and MITRE ATT&CK for ICS directly into adversary campaigns. Know whether your controls stop the specific actors targeting your sector.

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Compliance & Regulation

Evidence for NERC CIP, CFATS, and beyond.

SCYTHE exercises generate auditable evidence of security testing. Support NERC CIP compliance, CFATS requirements, and more with documented adversary emulations, not checkbox assessments.

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How It Works

SCYTHE emulates the adversary. Your team stops them — or learns exactly why they couldn't.

Using documented threat actor TTPs from MITRE ATT&CK for ICS, CISA alerts, and SCYTHE's own threat research, the platform builds realistic campaigns that exercise your detection, response, and containment capabilities across both IT and OT environments. Every exercise produces measurable results — not opinions.

See It in Action

Act Before You Need to React

Your adversaries have already started. You should too.

The question isn't whether critical infrastructure organizations will be targeted. It's whether your defenses have ever been tested against the adversaries doing the targeting. SCYTHE makes that test possible — and repeatable.

Talk to a SCYTHE adversary emulation specialist about your critical infrastructure environment.

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When the lights go out, it's not a data breach. It's a national emergency.

Nation-states aren't planning to attack your infrastructure. They're already inside it.

Volt Typhoon. TRITON. Sandworm.

The air gap is gone.

Colonial Pipeline wasn't a one-off.

Compliance is not the same as security. Your adversaries know this.

Adversary emulation built for the environments you can't afford to get wrong.

Test OT defenses without touching OT systems.

Build detection capability against your actual threats.

Turn threat intelligence into tested defenses.

Evidence for NERC CIP, CFATS, and beyond.

Your adversaries have already started. You should too.

Where does it come from

Where can I get some?

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When the lights go out, it's not a data breach. It's a national emergency.

Nation-states aren't planning to attack your infrastructure. They're already inside it.

Volt Typhoon. TRITON. Sandworm.

The air gap is gone.

Colonial Pipeline wasn't a one-off.

Compliance is not the same as security. Your adversaries know this.

Adversary emulation built for the environments you can't afford to get wrong.

Test OT defenses without touching OT systems.

Build detection capability against your actual threats.

Turn threat intelligence into tested defenses.

Evidence for NERC CIP, CFATS, and beyond.

Your adversaries have already started. You should too.

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Where does it come from

Where can I get some?

Where can I get some?

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