PRIVACY

Privacy Policy

Last updated: August 2026

This Privacy Policy explains how OTCyberDefence.com handles information when you visit and use this website.

OT Cyber Defence is primarily an educational and technical knowledge platform focused on Operational Technology (OT), Industrial Control Systems (ICS), maritime cybersecurity, industrial networking and related cybersecurity topics.

Information We Currently Collect

At present, OTCyberDefence.com does not provide user accounts, comments, newsletters, contact forms or other features that intentionally request personal information from visitors.

We therefore do not currently ask visitors to provide information such as their name, email address, phone number or other personal details through the website.

Technical and Server Information

Like most websites, the infrastructure used to deliver OTCyberDefence.com may process limited technical information necessary to serve and secure the website.

This may include information such as IP addresses, browser type, device information, request timestamps, requested pages and other technical information contained in normal web requests and server logs.

This information may be processed by hosting, networking and security providers used to operate and protect the website.

Cookies

OTCyberDefence.com does not currently use its own advertising or marketing cookies.

Some technical functionality or third-party services used by the website may use browser storage, cookies or similar technologies where necessary for their operation.

Advertising

OTCyberDefence.com may introduce advertising services, including Google AdSense, in the future.

If advertising services are enabled, third-party advertising providers may use cookies, web beacons, IP addresses or other identifiers to deliver, measure and personalise advertising where permitted by applicable law.

This Privacy Policy will be updated when such services are introduced to reflect the actual advertising and data-processing practices in use.

Consent and Privacy Choices

If future services require visitor consent under applicable privacy laws, OTCyberDefence.com may display a consent or privacy-management message to affected visitors.

This may include consent choices relating to advertising, cookies, analytics or similar technologies.

External Links

Articles and pages on OTCyberDefence.com may contain links to external websites, research papers, vendors, standards organisations, social networks or other third-party resources.

OT Cyber Defence is not responsible for the privacy practices, security practices or content of external websites. Visitors should review the privacy policies of third-party websites they choose to visit.

Future Features

OTCyberDefence.com may introduce additional functionality in the future, such as comments, newsletters, contact forms or other interactive features.

If these features require the collection of personal information, this Privacy Policy will be updated to explain what information is collected, why it is collected and how it is handled.

Children's Privacy

OTCyberDefence.com is intended as a technical and educational resource and does not knowingly collect personal information from children.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time as the website, services or applicable requirements change.

The latest version will always be published on this page along with the date of the most recent update.

Contact

If you have questions regarding this Privacy Policy, you can contact OT Cyber Defence through the links provided on the Contact page.