Manual Uploads

The Manual Uploads tab includes the following:

Update Assets Details Using CSV

You can export a CSV file of the All Assets table, make edits, and then upload it. The editable fields include: Type, Name, Criticality, Purdue Level, Location, Description, and all custom fields.

You can update asset details using a CSV file only when the language is set to English. Non-English users can temporarily switch to English while exporting and uploading the CSV file, then revert to their preferred language.

To upload the asset details CSV file:

  1. In the Data Collections > Data Sources page, click the Manual Uploads tab.

  2. In the Update Asset Details Using CSV section, click Upload.

  3. Browse to the location where you have the CSV file and upload it.

Add Assets Manually

To track your inventory, you may want to view some additional assets you possess, even though OT Security has not yet detected these assets. You can manually add these assets to your inventory by downloading and editing a CSV file, and then uploading the file to the system. You can only upload assets with IPs that are not already in use by an existing asset in the system. In the event that the system detects an asset communicating over the network with the same IP, it uses the information retrieved about the detected asset and overwrites the previously uploaded information. The system begins handling the asset as a regular one when it is detected communicating in the network.

The IP addresses of uploaded assets are counted as part of the system licensing.

Uploaded assets display a risk score of 0 until OT Security detects these assets.

Note: When assets are added manually, events are not detected for those assets until OT Security detects their communication in the network.

To add assets manually:

  1. Go to Data Collection > Data Sources.

    The Data Sources page appears.

  2. In the Manual Uploads tab, navigate to the Add Assets Manually section.

  3. From the Actions menu, select Download CSV template.

    OT Security downloads the tot_Assets template document.

  4. Open the tot_Assets template document.

  5. Edit the tot_Assets template precisely in accordance with the instructions found in the file, leaving only the column headers (Name, Type, and so on.) and the values you enter.

  6. Save the edited file.

  7. Return to the Assets Settings page.

  8. From the Actions menu, select Upload CSV and navigate to and open the desired CSV file to upload it.

  9. In Add Assets Manually, click Download Report.

    A CSV file with report appears, showing successes and failures in the Result column. Details of errors are shown in the Error column.

SCD Files

The Substation Configuration Description (SCD) file includes the complete communication-related details for a substation. You can now upload an SCD file to OT Security and gain visibility into your assets, IEC 61850 configuration and security insights about your environment.

Based on the SCD file information, OT Security reports findings related to substation misconfiguration such as:

  • Access to Manufacturing Message Specification (MMS) reports from unauthorized clients.

  • Unauthorized clients not mentioned in the SCD file trying to subscribe to MMS reports.

Note: OT Security supports only the following formats for SCD files:
  • Substation Configuration Language (SCL) versions 1.0 and 2.0.
  • SCD files with only one substation.

To upload an SCD file:

  1. Go to Data Collection > Data Sources.

    The Data Sources page appears.

  2. In the Manual Uploads tab, navigate to the SCD Files section.

  3. In the SCD Files section, click Upload.

    Note: You can upload only one SCD file per substation. The most recently uploaded file containing the same substation name overrides previous one.

  4. Browse and select the file to upload.

    OT Security uploads the SCD file and you can view the asset details in the Inventory > Details and IEC 61850 tabs. Any misconfiguration in the SCD file triggers an event and an unauthorized access error message appears at the top of the Details and IEC 61850 pages.

  5. (Optional) To download the findings details, in the error message, click Download Details.

    OT Security downloads the details in the CSV format.