# Critical Infrastructure

> No persistent credentials in operational technology (OT), SCADA, energy, water, and defence systems. Attackers cannot steal credentials that do not exist.

## Why OT Is the Worst Place for Stored Credentials

OT environments combine long-lived hardware, infrequent patching, high blast radius, and growing IT/OT convergence. Stored operator and machine credentials in this environment are uniquely valuable to attackers and uniquely difficult to rotate.

## What Phantom Secrets™ Changes

Operator authentication, machine-to-machine authentication, and command signing all become ephemeral. The credential is reconstructed inside a secure element only at the moment it is needed, only when policy is satisfied. There is no persistent credential to harvest, replay, or compromise.

## Use Cases

- Energy generation, transmission, and distribution control
- Water treatment and distribution control
- Transport and rail signalling
- Defence command-and-control
- Industrial control systems and SCADA networks

## Related

- Secure Terminal: /api/md/products/secure-terminal
- PhantomGate™: /api/md/products/phantom-gate
- Enterprise Security: /api/md/solutions/enterprise-security