the present disclosure generally relates to an interface system and method of interfacing to generate data compatible with an external system in an oil and gas asset supply chain , and in particular to an interface and interface method for generating secure and verifiable data to prevent tampering , injection of unwanted data resulting from an unauthorized access along a supply chain . an interface generates and transforms data in an oil and gas supply chain for compatibility with external systems . collected data is captured by an industrial control system sensor or data collector , and transferred to a secure intermediary hardware platform to interface with a software component . the collected data is then modified using a business rules engine to create enhanced data and events created from the enhanced data .