Meet TSA Cybersecurity Directives for Pipeline and Rail
Securing Pipeline and Rail Transportation Operations
Pipeline operators and rail carriers need network segmentation, access control, and continuous monitoring. TXOne achieves these outcomes without disrupting transportation operations.
TSA's performance-based cybersecurity directives for pipeline and surface transportation focus on security outcomes, not prescribed technologies. TXOne's purpose-built OT solutions align with this approach, delivering network segmentation, endpoint protection, and enterprise monitoring that satisfy directive requirements while respecting the operational realities of pipeline and rail environments.
REQUIREMENTS
Compliance Framework
What is TSA Security Directives?
Born from the Colonial Pipeline attack. Following the 2021 ransomware attack that disrupted fuel supplies across the eastern United States, TSA issued cybersecurity directives targeting pipeline operators and surface transportation. The current pipeline directive (SD Pipeline-2021-02D) focuses on key outcomes: network segmentation, access control, continuous monitoring, and vulnerability management. Parallel directives apply similar requirements to Class I railroads and higher-risk transit agencies. TSA takes a performance-based approach, focusing on outcomes rather than prescribed technologies. Operators must submit TSA-approved cybersecurity implementation plans and conduct regular testing to demonstrate security effectiveness. This outcome-focused approach aligns with TXOne's methodology. TXOne solutions provide the capabilities to demonstrate required security outcomes while working within the constraints of pipeline and rail OT environments.
KEY COMPONENTS
Key Components
Core components of the TSA Security Directives framework.
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Network Segmentation
Policies and controls ensuring IT system failures do not compromise OT operations, with defined boundaries between business and operational networks.
Network Segmentation
Policies and controls ensuring IT system failures do not compromise OT operations, with defined boundaries between business and operational networks.
How TXOne Enables TSA Directive Compliance
TXOne's OT-native solutions achieve TSA's performance-based security outcomes while maintaining the operational continuity essential to pipeline and rail operations.
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Network Segmentation (Edge Series)
TXOne Edge implements network segmentation central to TSA directives. EdgeIPS and EdgeFire establish boundaries between IT and OT, control communications between zones, and provide traffic visibility for compliance demonstration.
Network Segmentation (Edge Series)
TXOne Edge implements network segmentation central to TSA directives. EdgeIPS and EdgeFire establish boundaries between IT and OT, control communications between zones, and provide traffic visibility for compliance demonstration.
NEXT STEP
Assess Your TSA Directive Compliance Posture
Our transportation security specialists assess your current posture against TSA requirements and implement protection that achieves security outcomes while maintaining operational availability.