Electricity Providers
Broad Fortinet Security Fabric Implementation Secures Electricity Provider’s Critical Infrastructure
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As key suppliers in the nation’s energy infrastructure, regional electricity providers are in the crosshairs of many prospective cyberattacks. One major electric power station in the Midwestern U.S. embarked on an ongoing program to ensure its technology infrastructure can withstand a diverse array of attacks, while being efficient to manage.
The starting point was deploying FortiGate Next-Generation Firewalls (NGFWs) in conjunction with FortiGuard AI-Powered Security Services to protect the perimeter of its IT network and provide network segmentation. Several years later, the company overhauled its switching and wireless infrastructure with Fortinet Security Fabric solutions across both its IT and OT environments. Since then, the organization has deployed a broad range of Fortinet solutions across security operations, network operations, and user authentication use cases. This comprehensive Fortinet Security Fabric deployment has led to dramatic time savings for IT team staff and hundreds of thousands of dollars in annual cost savings, while significantly enhancing the company’s security posture.
“By simplifying network and security management through tightly integrated solutions, Fortinet enables the power station’s seven-person IT department to operate, support, and secure a critical infrastructure network.”
– IT manager, Major Electric Power Station
Business Impact
Reduced time to investigate and remediate from 18-20 hours to less than 5 minutes
Reduced the burden on security teams by up to 99%
High-level security alerts at any time of day or night
Streamlined data loss prevention
Daily time savings for IT manager, as controls group utilizes their own FortiAnalyzer appliance
10–20 hours per week saved across IT team by eliminating manual log file reviews
Hundreds of thousands of dollars a year in spending avoided, as enterprise SOC capabilities are available without doubling IT staff
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