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Protection of Critical Assets for Electric Utilities

Today, electric utilities are faced with the threat of unauthorized intrusion which poses a huge risk to national security and economic stability. Cybercriminals have targeted electric utilities and have been the cause of multiple power outages globally, which is a problem that poses a particular threat to US and Canadian-based entities. With the security of power supplies a constant concern, electric utility providers are increasingly aware of the need to mitigate the risk of a cyber attack.

Established by the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), the Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) standards were designed to help ensure that all entities responsible for the reliability of the bulk electric systems within North America identify and protect critical assets to ensure reliability and availability.

Our solutions help electric utilities address the CIP standards as set forth by NERC, protect their critical assets, and manage their risk against cyber attacks.

Access Manager enables electric utilities to manage access rights for personnel who have access to critical cyber assets.

eGRC allows electric utilities to track threats through an early warning system to prevent attacks before they impact critical systems and manage incidents, track investigations and analyze resolutions for easier NERC compliance reporting.

Data Loss Prevention Suite enables electric utilities to discover sensitive information across their IT infrastructure and provides pre-built policies for detecting the information types outlined within the NERC security guidelines and controlling how that information is used and shared.

enVision collects and analyzes log data across the IT infrastructure to help electric utilities understand and correlate events associated with NERC and alert administrators to policy violations. In addition, enVision offers over a dozen custom reports specific to NERC requirements to help simplify the auditing process.

SecurID prevents unauthorized access to cyber assets by requiring strong, two-factor authentication for users requesting access to critical systems.

Information Risk Assessment Services enable electric utilities to identify information assets, threats and vulnerabilities to highlight potential exposure and propose a strategy to mitigate risk.