How to Secure Remote Access for Water and Wastewater Utilities

Water treatment plant control room with SCADA and HMI monitoring screens

Water and wastewater utilities operate some of the most distributed infrastructure in critical operations: treatment plants, pump stations, lift stations, and remote wells, often spread across hundreds of square miles with no technician on site. Remote access to PLCs, HMIs, and SCADA systems isn’t optional — it’s how these facilities stay running. It’s also, increasingly, […]

IT/OT Convergence: Why Traditional Remote Access Tools Fail in Operational Environments

Summary: Traditional remote access tools, such as VPN, general helpdesk software, and consumer remote desktop platforms, are designed for IT environments. In operational technology (OT) networks, they expand the attack surface, lack the access control granularity regulations require, and cannot reach the legacy systems that critical infrastructure depends on. This piece explains why and what […]

3.4 Million Exposed Servers. Your Network Could Be Next. 

New research from Forescout Technologies lays out what many in security have known for years: remote access to operational technology and enterprise networks has become the single most overlooked attack surface in modern infrastructure. The numbers have never looked worse. 1.8M RDP Servers Exposed to the Internet 60K VNC Servers with Authentication Disabled 19K+ RDP […]

Secure Remote Management of ATM Networks

Secure Remote Management of ATMs

ATM networks require secure, audited, policy-governed remote access. Netop gives financial institutions and ATM operators centralized control over distributed device fleets. With full session logging, PCI DSS alignment, and out-of-band recovery, and without dispatching a technician to every site. ATMs are high-value targets. They process sensitive financial transactions at scale, operate in unsupervised environments, and […]

Netop and AWS Cloud Drive Security & Productivity For Banking Critical Infrastructure

Netop and AWS Cloud Drive Security & Productivity For Banking Critical Infrastructure

Netop and AWS Cloud:Driving Security & Productivity at Citizens National Bank of Texas Citizens National Bank of Texas, a community-focused bank founded in 1868, required a robust remote access solution to manage its critical technology infrastructure across 13 branches. Facing the challenges of securing sensitive data and maintaining operational uptime across numerous branches, the bank […]

Ensuring Financial Business Continuity & Security With Netop and AWS Cloud

Ensuring Financial Business Continuity & Security With Netop and AWS Cloud

Ensuring Business Continuity & Security at Citizens Bank of Lafayette With Netop and AWS Cloud Citizens Bank of Lafayette (Now Wellworth Bank), a cornerstone of its community’s financial stability, recognized the critical need for a robust and secure remote access solution to manage its diverse and vital technology infrastructure. From safeguarding sensitive data within its IT […]

Build-A-Bear Snuggles Up With Netop For Scalable Retail Security & Support

Build-A-Bear Snuggles Up With Netop For Scalable Retail Security & Support

Build-A-Bear Workshop Snuggles Up with Netop For Scalable Security & Support Build-A-Bear Workshop, a beloved retailer, faced evolving challenges in managing its expanding IT infrastructure and ensuring robust security across its diverse network of company-owned, franchisee, and partner-operated locations. This case study explores how Build-A-Bear Workshop leveraged Netop on AWS Cloud to address these challenges, […]

Netop Wins Prestigious Innovation Award at ATMIA 2026

ATMIA 2026

Arlington, Texas, USA; 11 February 2026 Netop,  global leader in secure remote access for critical infrastructure, today announced it has received the Peter Kulik Innovation Award, presented by the ATM Industry Association (ATMIA) at the ATMIA 2026 US Conference. The Peter Kulik Innovation Award recognizes organizations that have made a significant impact on the ATM […]