A Leading Power System Provider to Utilities and Industrials
Revolutionizing Secure Connectivity for Power Systems
How a Leading Provider Enhanced Secure Networking for Utilities and Industrials
Obstacle
Identity, authentication, and authorization were required for every flow, and inbound access to the substation networks was prohibited. Utilities needed on-prem solutions, while PUDs and municipalities wanted NaaS.
Opportunity
Strengthen existing substation secure networking and enable new models, such as connected, containerized apps replacing the on-prem, PLC-dependent model. This provider needed to ensure secure connectivity between the utility and external networks.
Outcome
The provider used Ziti to enable secure connectivity. Critical components included multi-modal overlay (multi-vendor cellular, mesh networks, point-to-point wireless, customer-owned fiber, leased lines); JIT remote access, customer-sovereign private keys; locally controlled permissions and revocations; microsegmented outbound data such as SOEs.