• SCADA Systems: Protect Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems from unauthorized access and cyber intrusions, as these control critical operational functions.

• Operational Technology (OT) Security: Ensure that OT systems are secured separately from IT networks to minimize risks.

• Applications: Protect from bots and direct attack on applications and application 

• APIsData: Protect customer data being stored, moved and processed.

• Identity and Access Management: Ensure access to data and systems is to those who are entitled to access it. 

• Communication Protocols: Secure communication protocols (such as IEC 61850, DNP3) used in smart grid infrastructure to prevent eavesdropping and tampering.

• Threat Modeling: Consider the potential risks introduced by integrating distributed energy resources (DERs) and electric vehicle (EV) charging systems into the grid.

We work with organisations in the utilities sector to help them:

• Understand the risks and threats they may be facing through Threat Intelligence and Digital Risk Protection Services so organisations are better prepared.

• Understand how international and national regulations such as NIS2 impact utilities, and what needs to be done to be compliant Support their reliance into the supply chain through Third Party Management Services

• Identify vulnerabilities in their OT and IT systems through extensive infrastructure audits and propose how to mitigate or address them

• Identify where there are weaknesses in processes that could result in an organisation being vulnerable and how security processes should be updated

• Good cybersecurity and cyber resilience is about how equipment, systems and people respond to a cyber-attack. We train utilities staff on good cyber security procedures and processes using either classroom training or around physical and virtual test benchesHow to introduce cybersecurity by design across the lifecycle of their infrastructure.

We partner with utilities companies to build cyber-resilient systems through Zero Trust Architectures. This approach defends against internal and external attacks by securing connections between users, devices, data, and applications.

• Identity: Implementing PKI, digital identity, and Multi-Factor Authentication ensures all entities are verified.

• Devices: Securing devices, authenticating supply chain components, and tracking inventory.

• Network: Offering encryptors to protect data integrity, provenance, and encryption in transit based on risk profiles.

• Data: Providing encryption solutions for data at rest, on-premise, or in the Cloud.

• Applications: Safeguarding against cyber-attacks with bot and application protection tools.

• Testing: Delivering test benches to assess the cybersecurity and resilience of OT systems.

With rising cyberattacks on utilities, continuous monitoring is critical. It's not about if defences are compromised but when—and responding quickly. We support organisations with:

• Managed Detection and Response (MDR): Customised services leveraging market-leading technology, from building and transferring a Security Operations Centre (SOC) to providing a managed Sovereign SOC. With 11 SOCs worldwide, we enable OT and IT SOC convergence for enhanced cybersecurity.

• Digital Forensics and Incident Response: Rapid analysis and response to incidents.

• Attack Surface Management: Includes vulnerability management, penetration testing, and breach simulations.

• Exercising: Using utilities’ OT test benches, we train staff to respond effectively to cyberattacks and strengthen procedures.

With a pool of cyber integration experts, and in partnership with more than 100 high-end vendors of cyber technologies, we can support your integration needs with specific expertise in solutions for energy providers.

• Detection and response technologies: SIEM, SOAR, EDR, etc

• Protection technologies : Network protection, IAM technologies, PAM technologies, etc

• Threat intelligence technologies

Our business is about protecting the infrastructure and systems of governments, defence organisations and Critical National Infrastructure. We work right across the utilities sector, from producers to distributors and suppliers, to secure critical infrastructure and systems, and make them more resilient.

Our experience in the utility segment can help you understand your risks and vulnerabilities from technology and human behaviour, and put in place plans to mitigate those risks through technology action plans and updated processes

Our support can help you integrate the technology you need to secure your systems and infrastructure, and make them more resilient to attack from PKI infrastructure, to Multi-factor authentication to data encryption at rest and in transit

We can implement solutions and processes that enable you to quickly detect and respond to cyber-attacks.  We can also help you manage your attack surface to reduce the likelihood of attacks. We also offer a global incident response service to help you daily or in case of urgency, recovering from any cyber incident targeting your organisation.

Our physical test benches and virtual environments can help utilities organisations test infrastructure and systems against cyber-attacks, train staff on cyber secure processes and procedures, and finally exercise staff and procedures against realistic simulated attacks.