Overview of Cybersecurity for the Energy, Utilities, and Power Sector
Ten years ago, cyberwarfare was a looming, theoretical, “on the horizon” type of threat. Now, we see its impact creep into daily headlines, from geopolitical tensions abroad to stories of foreign nation-state actors infiltrating our critical infrastructure. Essential sectors like energy and utilities cannot lean on the minimum level of defense to avoid the massive target now squarely upon their backs.
Threat actors motivated by financial gain, hacktivist causes, and state-sponsored espionage won’t pull punches when it comes to hitting societies where it hurts. That’s why Fortra’s arsenal of defense-ready solutions backs the power industry and other critical sectors like energy and utilities, keeping them online and hardening them against today’s modern attacks.
Recent events have proved that critical infrastructure cybersecurity measures must be strong and standardized to avoid leaving weak spots for attackers to exploit. One weak link in the chain, whether it be in a water utility or major national oil pipeline, can and will be found.
Benefits of Cybersecurity in Energy & Utilities Organizations

Practice against today's cyberwarfare techniques
Expose your utilities plant to the kind of advanced threats it will face in real-world attacks, from APTs to polymorphic malware and more.
Expose your utilities plant to the kind of advanced threats it will face in real-world attacks, from APTs to polymorphic malware and more.

Secure against AI-driven threats
Catch behavioral anomalies in your network and in your inbox with the latest in behavioral-driven detection technology. Its utilities cybersecurity that stays ahead of the industry curve.
Catch behavioral anomalies in your network and in your inbox with the latest in behavioral-driven detection technology. Its utilities cybersecurity that stays ahead of the industry curve.

Maintain compliance in a highly regulated landscape
Don’t leave energy and utilities plants exposed to failed audits, revoked licensure, contract disqualification, or ransomware actors holding a compliance call-out over your head.
Don’t leave energy and utilities plants exposed to failed audits, revoked licensure, contract disqualification, or ransomware actors holding a compliance call-out over your head.

Protect the public interest
Hold the line against nation-state attackers and maintain societal stability by making sure essential services don’t go offline.
Hold the line against nation-state attackers and maintain societal stability by making sure essential services don’t go offline.

Scale to the modern era
Secure anything from legacy architecture to hybrid and cloud-native environments with energy and utilities cybersecurity solutions designed to bridge the gap.
Secure anything from legacy architecture to hybrid and cloud-native environments with energy and utilities cybersecurity solutions designed to bridge the gap.
Regulatory Frameworks and Compliance Requirements for Energy & Utilities
An old industry adage states that compliance doesn’t equal security. In some cases, that’s true. However, those standards have gotten a lot better as major energy and utilities stakeholders have come together in recent years to address the criticality of cyber defense given the common threats of cyber espionage, nation-state attacks, and advanced technological threats. To this day, utilities cybersecurity standards continue to improve, and we can anticipate waves of additional regulation in coming years.
Compliance Frameworks
To avoid crippling attacks to the power industry or energy and utilities sectors, regulatory frameworks and guidelines were put in place. The following list is not comprehensive, only highlighting several cybersecurity standards required within the U.S. energy, utilities, and power sectors.
Best Practices
Best practices for ensuring compliance with energy and utilities security standards include:
Fortra Solutions for Energy & Utilities Organizations
Fortra's Energy & Utilities Cybersecurity Case Studies
Fortra is on the front lines of securing energy and utilities in cyberspace. Here are a few examples of our commitment.
Secure Energy & Utilities with Fortra
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