As industrial networks continue to expand, organizations face the challenge of securing more assets without increasing operational complexity. The growing convergence between IT and OT, along with increasingly sophisticated cyberthreats, demands security solutions that provide intelligent, protocol-aware protection against modern cyberattacks.
To address these challenges, OPSWAT introduces the MetaDefender Industrial Firewall 8-Port to help organizations strengthen their OT cybersecurity posture with advanced industrial threat prevention, deployment flexibility, and centralized management.
Scalable Threat Prevention Across Complex Industrial Environments
MetaDefender Industrial Firewall was specifically built to protect ICS (industrial control systems), OT (operational technology), and CPS (cyber physical systems) from cyberthreats, unauthorized communications, and network anomalies.
The new 8-port hardware features a DIN rail-mounted industrial design to extend these capabilities to larger deployments, with six 2.5 GbE RJ45 ports and two 1 GbE SFP ports, supporting both routing and transparent deployment modes. This new design enables organizations to protect more industrial assets with a single appliance, making it ideal for substations, manufacturing facilities, utilities, and other critical infrastructure environments that require higher network density.
OT-Aware Security That Stops Threats Before They Disrupt Operations
Unlike traditional IT firewalls, MetaDefender Industrial Firewall understands industrial communications and continuously monitors network behavior to identify and prevent threats before they impact operations. It supports a broad range of industrial protocols, including Modbus, Ethernet/IP, PROFINET, DNP3, IEC 60870-5-104, OPC UA, MMS, BACnet, and MQTT.
MetaDefender Industrial Firewall enables organizations to secure diverse OT environments without sacrificing operational reliability. Its main capabilities include:
- DPI (Deep Packet Inspection) for industrial protocols to detect malicious or unauthorized communications
- Behavioral Monitoring that learns normal device behavior and establishes trusted communication baselines
- Learning Mode to automatically generate security policies based on observed network traffic
- Adaptive enforcement to block deviations from approved behavior while minimizing operational disruption
- Protection against zero-day attacks, unauthorized commands, accidental misconfigurations, DoS/DDoS attacks, and anomalous network activity
Built for Critical Infrastructure
Industrial security solutions must perform reliably in harsh environments where downtime is not an option. MetaDefender Industrial Firewall is specifically built to operate in demanding OT environments with its rugged industrial design, wide operating temperature range (-40°C to +70°C), and redundant power support.
The MetaDefender Industrial Firewall 8-Port is engineered for mission-critical operations and meets key industry certifications, including:
- IEC 61850-3 for intelligent electronic devices and power utility automation environments
- IEEE 1613 for networking equipment deployed in electric power substations
- Class I Division 2 (C1D2) certification for hazardous industrial locations
Firewall Management Simplified and Centralized
In addition to expanding hardware capabilities, the new release introduces My OPSWAT™ Central Management integration for on-premises deployments to help streamline operational management and maintain awareness of all deployments.
Enrolling MetaDefender Industrial Firewall devices into My OPSWAT Central Management enables administrators to centrally:
- Configure any enrolled MetaDefender Industrial Firewall appliance
- View all MetaDefender Industrial Firewall details
- Monitor device health and connection status
- Maintain a centralized inventory of deployed firewalls
Scale Network Security Faster with MetaDefender Industrial Firewall
To address modern OT security challenges, the new MetaDefender Industrial Firewall 8-Port combines proven OT-aware threat prevention, increased network connectivity, industrial-grade certifications, and centralized management capabilities into a single platform.
To discover how OPSWAT can secure and scale your critical OT environment security against modern and emerging cyberthreats, talk to an expert today.
