Option AS, the Stavanger-based offshore ICT and OT specialistand BifrostConnect, the Danish manufacturer of hardware-based Unified Out-of-Band Access, today announce a strategic partnership.
Through the partnership, Option delivers OPTION Secure Login - powered by BifrostConnect as part of its OT management and cybersecurity services: a Scandinavian-made, hardware-based remote access platform combining secure transport, native endpoint control and session accountability in one unified platform.
A partner built for what comes next
Option strengthened its management team in 2026 to prepare the company for scale, and the ambition is clear: to be proactive in everything the company does - understanding needs before they arise, and building its OT management and cybersecurity services on carefully selected, high-quality technologies. Option runs a 24/7 network operations centre in Stavanger, provides offshore-certified personnel on site, and is ISO 27001 and ISO 9001 certified.
That ambition shapes how Option chooses its technology. Not whatever is available, but what the team believes sits closest to the requirements offshore operators will face next - including the remote-access expectations in Offshore Norge's ON-104 baseline - from manufacturers as dedicated to doing things right as Option's own team. OPTION Secure Login joins that portfolio with one goal: best-in-class OT management and cybersecurity services for the offshore industry.
The problem it addresses is concrete. Offshore operations depend on external specialists - OEM engineers, service partners and system integrators who need to reach equipment on installations that are deliberately isolated from the internet. Standing VPN tunnels are not suited for commissioning, incident response and third-party access where networks are isolated, firewalls are closed, and vendors need immediate ad-hoc access. OPTION Secure Login takes the opposite approach: out-of-band, outbound-only, Zero Trust by design. OT calls out. OT never receives. No open ports, no inbound traffic, no internet exposure.
The partnership combines Option's offshore focus and round-the-clock service organisation with BifrostConnect's Danish-built hardware platform - two Scandinavian teams committed to making life and business safer and easier for offshore, by staying ahead.