A Small Specialist Team Built for High-Consequence OT Work
River Risk Partners is a lean team of OT security specialists, developers, and project managers focused on practical industrial outcomes. The company exists to deliver consequence-based cybersecurity without adding platform drag to already complex operations.
River "Riverman" Caudle
River Caudle is a veteran OT security expert and Chief Strategy Officer of River Risk Partners, known for a practical plant-floor approach to industrial cybersecurity.
20+ years in networking and IT
Including 17+ years architecting industrial network infrastructure for control systems.
200+ site deployments
Across mining, oil & gas, water/wastewater, and power generation environments.
Large-scale industrial networking
Built a major cloud-connected industrial network managing 4,500 field devices across 200+ remote sites.
Extreme environment deployment experience
From -40°C Canadian mines to +40°C remote oil fields.
Consequence-Based Security
Industrial security should be prioritized by consequence, not by guessing attacker sophistication. River Risk focuses on preventing downtime, safety incidents, and loss of operational control.
Reality over theory
Design for brownfield plants and imperfect networks, not idealized greenfield systems.
Uptime and safety first
OT response priorities differ from IT. Production and human safety remain the primary constraints.
Actionable independence
Empower operators, engineers, and assessors with tools and workflows that reduce dependence on bulky vendor stacks.
SECURE Method
Published framework that makes IEC 62443 more practical and operationally useful in real plants.
Mission
River Risk Partners empowers critical infrastructure and industrial operations with practical, battle-tested cybersecurity solutions that protect against cyber threats and costly downtime.
We bridge the gap between IT and OT by delivering consequence-based security frameworks, operator-safe software tooling, and practical consulting support that protect safety, reliability, and operational sovereignty in real-world plant environments.