OPSWAT Advocates File Regeneration Over Detection for Critical Infrastructure Security

OPSWAT's CEO Benny Czarny argues that traditional detection-based cybersecurity approaches are inadequate for critical infrastructure, where 99% uptime is insufficient and downtime is often impossible. The company's Deep Content Disarm and Reconstruction (CDR) technology takes a prevention-first approach, assuming all incoming files are potentially compromised and regenerating clean, threat-free versions using deterministic processes that do not rely on signature databases or behavioral analysis vulnerable to AI-powered attacks. Czarny highlighted peripheral media—USB drives, SD cards, phones, external drives, and charging cables—as severely underestimated attack vectors in operational technology environments, and emphasized the need for comprehensive data flow interception across all channels: downloads, uploads, email attachments, and external media. The approach has certified nearly 289,000 professionals through OPSWAT Academy.