NIS2: Deadline met, now what?
A deep-dive of how NIS2 is impacting Energy and Utilities
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Fortinet Secures the Future of Energy and Utilities
Fortinet provides a comprehensive security framework to safeguard critical national infrastructure sectors like energy and water utilities from Business Continuity issues, Operational Complexity of aging/incompatible systems, 3rd party supply chain risk, and everyday cyber threats that can be used to target these industries and their known challenges and unknown risks.
Fortinet leverages their security framework across the entire energy sector, starting with generation. Fortinet secures critical infrastructure like power plants, renewables and other critical energy providers from cyberattacks, ensuring operational continuity meets demand and business commitments. During transmission, Fortinet secures and enables digitalisation of substations and communication networks, protecting against threats that could disrupt the flow of energy. For distribution, Fortinet safeguards smart grid technologies, customer data, and distributed energy resources, ensuring reliable power delivery and protecting consumer privacy. For all these important areas in energy utilities Fortinet also secures the interconnectivity of the business from IT to OT and mobile workforces.
Fortinet leverages their security framework to safeguard water utilities from abstraction to tap, sink to stream. At the abstraction/service level, Fortinet secures the remote distributed assets that form part of our critical national infrastructure such as river intake and boreholes from intermittent/insecure connectivity and potential cyberattack. During processing of water/wastewater, Fortinet Secures Pumping Stations, Minor and Major Treatment works control/process networks and their inter site and local communications networks, whilst also protecting against threats to end points, devices and users that can disrupt service and integrity of water resources to the public. For delivery and serviceability of this aging infrastructure Fortinet helps to secure the workforce who are day to day running, maintaining, operating these services across their full operational requirements IT, OT and Mobile workforces through Vehicle Extenders, SASE, ZTNA, SRA or SD-Brach technology.
Security for OT and IT in Energy and Utilities
As Energy and Utilities organisations adopt digital tools for efficiency, new cybersecurity concerns arise and the mix of technologies from different eras, converged IT – OT networks expand the attack surface. Explore how the Fortinet Security Fabric secures the changing shape of energy and utilities.
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Protecting the Energy and Utilities Industry with Fortinet
The Fortinet OT Security platform is an extension of the Fortinet Security Fabric which supports the mitigation of critical vulnerabilities in OT systems. The platform provides a strong foundation of IT/OT convergence and integrates security elements and threat intelligence to close security gaps and deliver faster, smarter response to threats.
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Building Cyber Resilience in the Power and Utilities Industry
In a world where cyber threats to critical infrastructure are on the rise, safeguarding power and utilities is paramount. This Fortinet and Tech Monitor webinar will explore strategies that security leaders can adopt to thwart these malicious attacks and stay ahead of the hackers and discover the suite of integrated and automated technologies available.
Watch NowChallenges
MEETING COMPLIANCE STANDARDS
Investment cycles required to meet and prove compliance within varying areas. (e.g. Cyber Security standards such as NIS and CAF.)
AGING, LEGACY EQUIPMENT
The attack surface for cyber-physical assets exposes production equipment to disruption from attack.
INDUSTRY SKILLS GAP
The ability to attract, train, and retain a skilled workforce in a difficult labor market and sector.
IT/OT NETWORKS
Digital transformation (Industry 4.0) initiatives are driving IT - OT network convergence and cloud adoption.
INCREASING CONNECTIVITY
Technologies such as 5G, loT, and cloud add complexity and must be secured.
CUSTOMER & COMMUNITY SATISFACTION
Operations disrupted by a cyber-physical attack can reduce customer satisfaction and increase costs and at worst, create safety risks for employees and the community.
Fortinet Differentiators for Energy and Utilities Cybersecurity
Purpose-Built OT Solutions
Industrial network equip have outdoor rated features like dual power supplies, DIN rail mounts.
OT Threat Intelligence
Monitors 70+ protocols, 500+ known vulnerabilities. Specialized threat intelligence protects OT threats.
Dedicated OT-Experienced Team
Validated cybersecurity support for the industry, strategic partnerships with ICS vendors.
Broad, Integrated Ecosystem
Open ecosystem extends Security Fabric benefits to OT Fabric-Ready Partner solutions.
Converged Security Operations
Synergistically manage OT and IT networks in a converged SOC.
AI-powered Security Services
OT Security services enable Industrial Control System security to stay ahead of evolving threats.
Case Studies
It was clear from the start that we would need a highly scalable, secure, and well-integrated network infrastructure with broad visibility and control. And the only way to sustainably achieve the scaling and flexibility required to support our ongoing innovation was to move to an increasingly cloud-based architecture through our strategic partnership with Google Cloud Platform and secured with Fortinet Security Fabric solutions.”
- Víctor Gimeno Granda, Chief Sustainability and Digital Officer, Capital Energy
As we expand our use of Fortinet products, the true value of the Fortinet Security Fabric is becoming ever more apparent. Each individual solution does its job well, but when they come together, you end up with something even more powerful and intelligent than the sum of its parts.” – Sandro Moretti, Head of Networking and Infrastructure, Alperia
- Sandro Moretti, Head of Networking and Infrastructure, Alperia
Fortinet’s solutions have reduced our connectivity costs and given us confidence that our network architecture is secure and robust enough to meet the demands of our growing business.”
- Giovanni Vismara, Network Special Projects Coordinator, ENGIE Italia
We were looking for an integrated approach, in which all the component parts would work together as a seamless solution. The Fortinet Security Fabric provided the broad visibility, central control, and automation we needed to protect our infrastructure.”
- Jacob Isacson, IT Director, Falu Energi & Vatten
Having all the required networking and security functionality in such a powerful, single solution is a huge advantage. We had around 200 sites to connect, ranging from small offices with just a single computer to large facilities employing a complex mix of IT and OT equipment. Fortinet Secure SD-WAN was not only simpler and quicker to deploy to all these locations, but it immediately increased our visibility and control.”
- Wolfgang Bitomsky, Ph.D., CIO, FCC Environment CEE
The company benefits from secure remote access to its rigs and complete visibility of all associated OT systems. With logging and indicators of compromise (IOC) fully integrated with the customer’s SOC, its internal security team is much better equipped to identify and mitigate threats.
- , Maritime Drilling Rig Operator
Cybersecurity, everywhere you need it
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Cyberattacks against power and utilities systems can have both digital and physical impacts. Experience how the Fortinet Security Fabric addresses the cybersecurity challenges in power and utilities.
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Building Resilience: Exploring Smart Infrastructure and Its Security »
Smart infrastructure, which converges the cyber and the physical aspect of a system, is revolutionizing the way that people, technology, and infrastructure function together.
Protecting the Power and Utilities Industry with the Fortinet Security Fabric »
Integrated, Automated Threat Protection Using the Fortinet Security Fabric
A Solution Guide to Operational Technology Cybersecurity »
This comprehensive guide explains how Fortinet effectively provides security throughout the interconnected IT and OT infrastructure while fully enabling integration across Fortinet and partner security solutions and supporting security automation across the entire security ecosystem. It also explores how IT and OT are different yet increasingly interconnected, as well as ways to address increased security risks arising from such integrations.
Secure Access for Operational Technology at Scale »
Enabling Remote Work and Ensuring Business Continuity
Demystifying Zero Trust in OT »
Going from implied trust to zero trust
Advanced Threat Protection for Industrial Control Systems and Operational Technology »
FortiGuard Industrial Security Service Secures ICS and OT With Application Control and Virtual Patching
Effective ICS Cybersecurity: Using the IEC 62443 Standard »
IEC 62443 is a set of Industrial Control System (ICS) security standards written by ICS experts for ICS owners, manufacturers and integrators across a range of applications and sectors. Evaluating assigned security levels within identified security zones and conduits against functional and system requirements provides a cohesive approach to security. Fortinet teamed with the SANS Institute to review the standard and the needs from technology that support implementation. With guidance from IEC 62443 and implementation of Fortinet’s solutions, you can address the security of an ICS strategically.
Cybersecurity in Water Management Facilities »
Fortinet surveyed water utility leaders during the fourth quarter of 2021 to understand utilities’ status and future needs for improved water system cybersecurity
Regulating Utilities: How-to guide for staying compliant »
The utilities industry is under attack. Discover why utilities should view regulatory compliance and standards as an enabler.
Empower Digital Transformation by Protecting Converged IT and OT »
This ebook identifies and discusses the drivers of IT and OT network convergence. It also highlights the technologies that asset owners should deploy to address the challenges posed by connecting industrial environments to the data center and the cloud.
Security Strategies for Confronting Advanced Threats to OT »
CISOs need comprehensive strategies for confronting known and unknown threats, with a focus on mitigating the impact of breaches that have succeeded in evading security controls.
Complexities in Deploying Zero Trust in Operational Technology »
Collaboration and discussion between IT and OT security teams about actual barriers and boundaries can unlock apprehensions so that organizations can include OT networks in their comprehensive zero-trust security strategies.
Why Utilities Must Be Ready for the Impact of NIS2 »
The European Union’s (EU) New Network and Information Systems 2 (NIS2) Directive has Far-Reaching Implications for Energy Sector and Utilities.
2024 Cybersecurity in Water Management Facilities Report »
Fortinet surveyed water utility leaders during the second quarter of 2024 to understand water utilities’ status and future needs for improved water system cybersecurity.
2024 State of Operational Technology and Cybersecurity Report »
Nearly one-third of 550 respondents had six or more intrusions, up from only 11% in 2023.
Protecting Public Utilities’ Smart Infrastructure with the Fortinet OT Security Platform »
The Fortinet OT Security Platform provides full visibility, controlled access, and robust threat detection and response—while still achieving all the benefits that smart utility technology delivers to utilities and consumers.
Securing Cyber-Physical Systems with the Fortinet OT Security Platform »
The Fortinet OT Security Platform is a comprehensive system designed to protect OT environments. This platform includes secure networking, zero trust support, security operations solutions, dedicated threat intelligence, and a far-reaching and inclusi.ve technology alliance ecosystem
Securing OT Networks with Network Microsegmentation »
Microsegmentation provides OT networks with the security they need— without sacrificing network performance.
Security for OT and IT in Energy and Utilities »
As Energy and Utilities organisations adopt digital tools for efficiency, new cybersecurity concerns arise and the mix of technologies from different eras, converged IT – OT networks expand the attack surface.
Utility Operations Cybersecurity Study »
Utilities are now in a constant mode of evolution, and their cybersecurity requirements evolve at a similar pace. External factors such as distributed energy resources, pressure to adopt cleaner energy, and policies that encourage conservation demand change to how electric grids operate.
Security for OT and IT in Energy, Power and Utilities | OT Security »
Waste Management »
Fortinet Secure SD-WAN Simplifies Operations Across Enterprise
