Systems and methods for container-based data collection and analysis in an operational technology network

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

• receiving, via the processor, a characteristic of data to be collected from an operational technology (OT) device disposed within an OT network associated with an industrial automation system configured to perform an industrial automation process, wherein the characteristic comprises a frequency of one or data points within the received data, a sampling rate, a time constant of a feedback loop, or any combination thereof;
• determining, via the processor, that the characteristic exceeds a threshold value;
• and
• deploying, via the processor, in response to determining that the characteristic exceeds the threshold value, a container to a compute surface within the OT network, wherein the compute surface is disposed within a threshold network distance of the OT device, wherein the container is configured to receive the data from the OT device and process the received data.

A method, comprising:

• receiving, via a processor, a characteristic of data to be collected from an operational technology (OT) device disposed within an OT network associated with an industrial automation system configured to perform an industrial automation process, wherein the characteristic comprises a frequency of one or data points in the received data, a sampling rate, a time constant of a feedback loop, or any combination thereof;
• determining, via the processor, that the characteristic exceeds a threshold value;
• and
• deploying, via the processor, a container to a compute surface within the OT network, wherein the compute surface is within a threshold network distance of the OT device, wherein the container is configured to:
• receive the data from the OT device;
• performing one or more processing operations on the received data;
• diagnose a condition of the OT device based on the processed received data;
• and
• identify a remedial action to address the condition of the OT device based on the processed received data, the condition, or both.