Life science
Protect validated equipment without changing it
In a validated process, every change to the equipment has to be checked and approved. That makes security updates expensive and slow. XoT protects the equipment without any change to it.
The situation
Validation makes security work harder
New validations cost money
New software or new settings in a validated instrument require documentation, testing and approval.
Updates are delayed
Updates have to wait until they have been validated.
Instruments on the office network
Analysis instruments often end up on the same network as the office computers.
The vendor needs access
The instrument's manufacturer needs to reach it for calibration and troubleshooting.
How XoT helps
The protection sits outside the instrument
You install the Lock next to the instrument. You install no software on the instrument and change no settings. So the validated configuration stays unchanged.
Hide and Protect makes the instrument invisible to everyone without authorisation. Remote Access gives the manufacturer access to the instrument for a set period.
Collaboration
Testa Center
Cytiva Testa Center is a test facility at Cytiva's site in Uppsala. Companies can go there to try scaling up biological processes.
We have written a report together with Testa Center. The report is a white paper. Contact us if you would like to read it.
Common questions
Does this affect our validation?
The instrument is not changed. So there is nothing new to check in the validated configuration. Your company decides how to handle the Lock in your quality system.
Can we control which traffic is let through?
Yes. You decide who may connect, to which instrument, from where and when.
Can we see when the vendor has been connected?
Yes, with Remote Access. The log shows who connected, to what, from where, when and for how long.
Start with one instrument
Choose the instrument that is hardest to update and most important to protect.