Industry Solutions: For Utility Companies



Challenge: Securing and protecting utility network and control infrastructures.


Organizations that deliver utilities, including electricity, oil, gas, water, and transportation, face a significant challenge protecting the network and control infrastructures used in the delivery of these vital services.

Specific challenges faced by utility companies include:

  • Protecting the environment from an increasing threat of cyber-terrorism and insider threats
  • Protecting legacy supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems that inherently lack security controls
  • Protecting critical infrastructure from an existing and emerging landscape of complex vulnerabilities
  • Emerging government regulations to better protect essential services, including North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) and Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP)


QRadar for Public and Private Utility Companies

In utility company environments, QRadar:

  • Delivers an improved security management capability to protect critical control infrastructure and networks
  • Monitors non-traditional networks and supplies increased visibility into SCADA systems to detect security threats before they impact services
  • Provides comprehensive monitoring, threat detection, threat response, reporting, and auditing capabilities
  • Helps provide security monitoring and management mandated by existing and emerging regulations impacting utility organizations


QRadar in Action: Real World Deployments

  • QRadar is used enterprise-wide by a Fortune 10 energy company to protect critical infrastructure and meet the security management requirements of multiple regulations, including PCI, SOX, and NERC CIP
  • QRadar is used at a large nuclear facility to provide requisite security management for the network and control infrastructure that delivers power to almost 20 million subscribers; this solution was implemented to meet the regulatory requirements of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
  • QRadar is used by a major service provider focused on the utility sector to deliver security management services to their clients


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