Engineering safety partners since 2014
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Functional safety · OT cybersecurity · Resilience

Engineering safety, security & resilience for complex industrial systems.

Koupatech provides specialist consulting in functional safety, machinery safety, hazardous area assessment, risk management, resilience engineering, and secure system design — integrating engineering assurance, OT cybersecurity, human factors, and Industry 4.0 / 5.0 technologies to support safer, more reliable industrial operations.

10+
Years lifecycle experience
8
Core practice areas
SIL 1–4
Assessment & verification
Aligned with international standards
IEC 61508 IEC 61511 IEC 62443 ISO 31000 AS/NZS 4024 IEC 60079
Our approach

Integrated assurance for safety-critical operations.

We help organisations design, assess and improve safe, secure, resilient and reliable engineering systems — managing complex risks across the full lifecycle, from concept and design through operation, maintenance, and continuous improvement.

Safety & security, by design

We integrate functional safety, machinery safety and OT cybersecurity into the engineering lifecycle — not retrofitted afterwards.

Resilience as a discipline

Beyond compliance — we build systems and organisations that anticipate, absorb, recover from and adapt to disruption.

Whole-of-lifecycle

From hazard identification and SIL allocation to operations, maintenance, modification and decommissioning.

Industry 4.0 & 5.0 ready

Smart automation, AI-enabled safety, cyber-physical systems and human-centred design for next-generation operations.

Human factors first

Operators, maintainers and decision-makers are at the centre of safe, usable and trustworthy industrial systems.

Defensible assurance

Clear evidence, traceable arguments and ALARP demonstration that hold up to regulator, board and operator scrutiny.

Services

Specialist consulting across eight practice areas.

From SIL assessments to OT cybersecurity, hazardous area classification to systems engineering and safety assurance — we cover the disciplines that keep complex industrial systems safe, secure and reliable.

01 / Functional Safety

Functional Safety

Safety lifecycle support, SIL assessment, safety requirements specification, verification, validation, and compliance with IEC 61508 and IEC 61511.

02 / Machinery Safety

Machinery Safety

Risk assessment, guarding review, safety functions, emergency stop systems, and machinery safety compliance against ISO 12100 and AS/NZS 4024.

03 / Resilience Engineering

Resilience Engineering

Improving the ability of systems and organisations to anticipate, withstand, recover from, and adapt to disruptions and changing conditions.

04 / Risk Management

Risk Management

Hazard identification, risk assessment, bowtie analysis, ALARP demonstration, and end-to-end safety assurance for complex operations.

05 / Secure & Safe Engineering

Secure & Safe Engineering

Integration of safety and OT cybersecurity (IEC 62443) to protect critical industrial systems against converged operational and cyber risks.

06 / Hazardous Area

Hazardous Area Assessment

Hazardous area classification, ignition risk review, compliance assessment, and risk control recommendations to IEC 60079 and AS/NZS 60079.

07 / SESA

Systems Engineering & Safety Assurance

SESA support for complex projects and operational environments — requirements, architecture, integration, and assurance arguments end to end.

08 / Industry 4.0 & 5.0

Industry 4.0 & 5.0

Smart automation, digital transformation, human-centred systems, AI-enabled safety, and cyber-physical systems for the next industrial era.

How we work

An assurance lifecycle, not a one-off audit.

We engage as long-term partners across the full safety, security and resilience lifecycle — adapting our depth of involvement to where you are on the journey.

01 — Discover
Context & Hazards

Understand operational context, regulatory drivers, threats and hazards, and the scope of safety-critical functions.

02 — Define
Requirements & SIL

Specify safety requirements, allocate SIL, define security zones and conduits, and capture human-factors needs.

03 — Design
Engineer & Verify

Architecture, functional design, verification, validation and independent assessment against the standards that apply.

04 — Operate
Run & Maintain

Operations support, management of change, performance monitoring, OT cyber controls, and incident readiness.

05 — Improve
Learn & Adapt

Resilience reviews, lessons learned, continuous improvement and Industry 4.0 / 5.0 capability uplift.

Industries we serve

Trusted in safety-critical, high-consequence environments.

Our team supports owners, operators, EPCMs and OEMs across mining, energy, oil & gas, manufacturing, infrastructure and beyond — wherever the cost of getting safety wrong is unacceptably high.

Mining & Resources

Fixed plant, mobile equipment, process control and autonomous systems.

Energy & Utilities

Generation, transmission, renewables, hydrogen and grid-edge systems.

Oil & Gas

Upstream, midstream and downstream — onshore, offshore and LNG facilities.

Manufacturing

Discrete and process manufacturing, robotics, packaging and food & bev.

Infrastructure

Rail, road, water, ports and critical national infrastructure programs.

Automation & Robotics

Safety-rated control systems, collaborative robots and autonomous vehicles.

Process Industries

Chemical, pharmaceutical, water treatment and continuous-process plants.

Defence & Aerospace

Mission-critical systems engineering and safety assurance for complex platforms.

Safety, security and resilience are not separate disciplines — they are facets of the same engineering judgement. Our work is to make that judgement visible, defensible, and operational.

— Koupatech engineering principle
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