Here is the honest situation. API 1164 is the benchmark for pipeline OT cybersecurity, and regulators and partners increasingly expect it. The hard part is that pipeline control systems are not IT: availability and safety come first, many devices are legacy and cannot be patched on an IT cadence, and monitoring is often passive. Translating a control catalogue into policy that works for SCADA and OT, with the evidence an assessor examines, is the real job. A consultant charges heavily and takes months.
This Kit removes the build. It is every API 1164 control as OT-aware policy you personalize in a weekend, organized by the cybersecurity framework functions.
What you get, the moment you buy
Organized by API 1164's twelve requirement sections and grounded on the NIST SP 800-53 families it aligns to, written for OT realities: IAC-from-IT isolation, allow listing, passive monitoring and safe operating modes. Editable Word and Excel files.
What one control looks like
This is an Access Control requirement for the pipeline control network. All 88 controls, across the twelve API 1164 sections, are built to this depth.
Why this is not another template pack
- The evidence is the point. Generic IT policies fail in OT. This tells you exactly what an assessor examines and the finding they raise, for every control, in an OT context. That is what passes a pipeline assessment.
- Written for operational technology. Segmentation, legacy-device constraints, availability-first patching and safe operating modes are built in, not bolted on.
- Built on a mapped compliance corpus, not one person's opinion, from a graph of thousands of controls across standards.
- It compounds. API 1164 maps to the NIST Cybersecurity Framework and 800-53, so this work aligns with your wider security and any IEC 62443 program.
Who buys this
Pipeline operators and their OT and control-system engineers, security leads responsible for SCADA environments, and consultants preparing operators for assessment. Whether it is a first uplift or a re-assessment, you save weeks and walk in with OT-aware controls and evidence ready.
Common questions
Is it really editable? Yes. Word and Excel files you own and adapt. No portal, no subscription.
Is this an API product? No. API 1164 is the American Petroleum Institute's standard; this is an independent implementation aid to help you adopt and evidence the controls.
Does it account for legacy OT? Yes. The controls are written for availability-first, legacy-constrained environments, with segmentation and safe operating modes rather than blanket IT patching.
Does it map to NIST? Yes. It follows the cybersecurity framework functions and aligns conceptually to the 800-53 families, matching how the 3rd edition is structured.
What if it is not for me? A 30-day money-back guarantee.
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