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Industrial Cyber Security for Critical Infrastructure

To ensure the continuity of industrial services we use industry-leading solutions and practices to enable Industrial Control Systems (ICS) infrastructure availability, integrity, and security.

Challenges within Industrial Cyber Security

With a focus to ensure safe and secure continuity of industrial processes in today’s world, Industrial Cyber Security has become paramount. Industrial Control Systems (ICS) infrastructure availability, integrity and security is a high priority for operating companies. Operating companies are being challenged in many ways to maintain an environment free of cyber threat and protected from vulnerabilities. These challenges are being driven by an evolution in ICS environment designs that bridge connectivity between business and ICS, the introduction of new technologies into ICS, and the sharing of maintenance and support responsibilities between IT and OT. Industrial cyber security is necessary for critical infrastructure and the storage and exchange of information.

Service Description

Our Industrial Cyber Security services brings our expertise and knowledge to you through four services delivery models, including industrial network security, operational technology cyber security, and other services.

Consulting Engagements: Help you identify weaknesses in your OT people, process and technology areas that can be exploited by cyber threat actors. We help you build strategic roadmaps and plans to mature and improve your cyber security capabilities and defensibility, reducing operational risk, while maintaining safe and highly available production capabilities.

Project Implementation Services: Help you build and improve your Cyber Security capabilities leveraging our expertise. These can range from developing processes and procedures to technical solutions deployment and operationalizing the day to day activities such as monitoring, administering/managing, and responding to Cyber Security warnings or alerts from your production environment.

Staff Augmentation: Provide skills and resources to compliment your Cyber Security staff needs during times that you struggle to find resources internally or externally to fill a position on projects or day to day operations.

Managed Security Services: Our skilled staff and managed services can offer you continuity of highly trained skilled staff to manage day to day Cyber Security monitoring and management of Cyber Security infrastructure capabilities in your environment.

You can leverage our industry experience to help you gain quick insight into your Cyber Security threats and weaknesses and prepare remediation activities that will reduce the risks associated with those threats.

Our skilled resources and ability to source industry leading vendor solutions can help you deploy capability to improve your defensibility in an era when Cyber Security skills are difficult to acquire.

Dexcent’s managed services can potentially monitor and manage your Cyber Security infrastructure components at a more cost effective way, while maintaining skilled resources for several clients at the same time.

Think | Automate | Secure

Providing OT/ICS leaders with the insight needed to make effective decisions with complex business processes in a secure, worry-free way.

We think about your data, the technologies you have, and the stories they tell of what is happening, what can happen and what has happened. We create insight so you can make effective data driven decisions.

We automate complex OT/ICS business processes by understanding the operational risks, management of change realities and compliance subtleties that are important to you for achieving better outcomes in keeping people, assets and the environment safe.

Dexcent’s managed services can potentially monitor and manage your Cyber Security infrastructure components at a more cost effective way, while maintaining skilled resources for several clients at the same time.

We're Obsessed with Process Automation

We admit it, we’re obsessed. We’re obsessed with creating insight, improving complex business processes and ensuring your
cyber resiliency year after year.

Talk to a Digital Transformation Expert

Andrew Capper

Vice President of Industrial Digital Transformation

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Andrew Capper is Vice President of Industrial Digital Transformation at Dexcent, helping industrial organizations improve data-driven decision-making by optimizing the data journey, reuniting siloed information, and delivering a trustworthy version of the truth.

With more than 25 years of experience, he is known as a results-driven leader who delivers on commitments and tackles complex information management challenges with a practical, human-centric approach. His work spans digital transformation strategy and roadmaps, governance, digital maturity assessments, and performance measurement through clear KPIs and metrics. Andrew is a NAIT graduate with training in Instrumentation Engineering Technology and Security Systems, and he brings a strong focus on safer, more effective operations from data producers through to data consumers

Nader Asgharinia

MP, P.Eng.

Vice President of Enterprise SCADA & Advanced Applications.

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Nader Asgharinia, PMP, P.Eng., is Vice President of Enterprise SCADA & Advanced Applications at Dexcent, leading the delivery of complex, mission-critical solutions with a clear focus on client experience and operational excellence. With more than 30 years in business execution and over 25 years managing multi-million-dollar programs for mission-critical and SCADA systems, he brings a pragmatic, delivery-at-scale approach to every engagement. Nader is recognized for building high-performing teams, driving disciplined portfolio execution, and delivering measurable business outcomes, including significant growth in program portfolios and team capacity over time. He holds a B.Sc.(Hons.) in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the University of Newcastle-Upon-Type in the UK, a B.Sc. in Computer Science from the University of Calgary, completed Georgetown University’s Director’s Program, is a Professional Engineer in Alberta, and a Project Management Professional.

Gerrit Nel

CISSP, CISM – Vice President of OT Infrastructure and Cyber Security Services

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Tobias (Gerrit) Nel, CISSP, CISM, is Vice President of OT Infrastructure and Cyber Security Services at Dexcent, leading the development and delivery of practical services and solutions that integrate, complement, or replace OT infrastructure and protect OT assets from cyber threats. He is known for building resilient security frameworks, governance processes, and integrated solutions that reduce risk and support compliance across diverse industries. Gerrit has over 40 years of relevant IT/OT experience and has built and delivered highly skilled and high-performance delivery teams. His strengths include Cyber Security roadmaps, security architecture, incident response, and alignment to standards such as IEC 62443, NIST, and NERC CIP. Furthermore, he has deep foundational technical experience in Networking and OT infrastructure systems architectures that he leverages in building and leading successful delivery teams. Gerrit holds a B.Sc. in Computer Science from the University of Johannesburg and brings deep cross-sector experience supporting clients in oil and gas, mining, chemical, healthcare, financial, and government environments.

Jaydeep Deshpande

P.Eng. – President

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Jaydeep Deshpande, P.Eng., is a seasoned and decisive executive with over 25 years of experience driving operational excellence, profitability, and market growth in national and multinational organizations. As President, he is recognized for his strategic leadership, disciplined execution, and ability to lead organizations through change. Jaydeep is passionate about developing people, building strong leadership teams, and fostering a positive, performance-driven culture. His expertise spans strategic planning, business diversification, financial management, and organizational transformation, with a consistent focus on delivering growth-oriented, profitable results. He holds a Bachelor of Chemical Engineering from the University of Alberta, is a Prosci Certified Change Practitioner and Project Management Professional (PMP), and has completed the CMA Accelerated Accounting Program, bringing deep financial and strategic insight to executive decision-making.

Karim Amarshi

Chairman of the Board

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Karim Amarshi is Chair of Dexcent’s Board of Directors, providing governance leadership and strategic oversight to support the company’s long-term strategy and executive team. With nearly 40 years as an entrepreneur and owner-operator, he is recognized for building high-performance organizations and forging strategic alliances across Information Technology, government, health care, education, and energy. He is the former co-owner and Chief Executive Officer of one of Canada’s leading enterprise Information Technology solution providers, where he led the organization through three successful mergers and helped scale long-term client and vendor partnerships. Karim remains active across a diverse business portfolio, serving as a founding principal, officer, and advisor to organizations spanning Information Technology, hospitality, manufacturing, retail, and real estate in Canada and internationally.

Yasmin Jivraj

FCIPS, I.S.P. | Board Member

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Yasmin Jivraj, FCIPS, I.S.P., is a Board Member at Dexcent, providing executive guidance and strategic oversight to support corporate management and long-term business direction. Over a 35-year career, she has held senior leadership roles across private, public, and non-profit organizations, with a track record of building operating foundations and driving profitable growth. Following a 15-year tenure as a co-owner and President of one of Canada’s leading strategic Information Technology solution providers, she expanded her governance leadership through active board service in post-secondary education and community-focused organizations. She is recognized for decisive, purpose-led leadership, clear communication, and deep expertise in technology, business models, and methodologies that help enterprise organizations advance digital transformation.

Nadir Jivraj

CEO, Board Member

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As Chief Executive Officer, Nadir is accountable for providing overall leadership and Dexcent’s Industrial operational performance. Nadir has been involved as an executive sponsor with Oil & Gas and Mining companies for over 35 years, and through the years has developed a strong working relationship with the Executive leadership team of many Fortune 500 companies.

Nadir is known for recognizing value and superior investment opportunities in the technology services sector. His pursuit of highly prospective technology companies around the world has resulted in numerous company start-ups. Prior to starting Dexcent, Nadir had led companies through highly profitable business transactions, including the merger of Atlas Systems Group with CompCanada (later renamed Acrodex) in 2000 and later as Chairman of the Board of Axcend Pvt – an engineering solutions provider – based in Bangalore, India from 2004 – 2014. Acrodex and Axcend were sold in 2015