Energy & Critical Infrastructure

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Energy & Critical Infrastructure

80%
Surge in ransomware attacks targeting energy and utilities in 2024–2025
45%
Of energy sector breaches originate from a third-party vendor or contractor
5 days
Average time from new CVE publication to active exploitation in OT environments

Power generation, transmission and distribution now depend on thousands of connected OT and IoT devices — SCADA controllers, RTUs, HMIs, inverters, smart meters. Each one is a potential entry point. XoT Technology™ makes them invisible to attackers, without touching a single cable or disrupting a single watt of production.

Legacy OT cannot be patched

Turbine controllers, RTUs, protection relays and DCS systems often run for 20–30 years with no patch path. Vulnerability windows stay open for months or years.

Third-party access is the primary attack vector

Nearly half of energy sector breaches originate with a vendor. Every external session is an entry point when access is granted at network level.

IT/OT convergence expands the blast radius

Previously air-gapped OT systems are being connected to external networks — a breach on IT can now propagate to grid control systems.

The Xertified approach

Device-level protection — without disrupting operations

01

Install XoT Locks on critical assets

A hardware edge proxy adjacent to each asset — turbine controller, substation RTU, SCADA HMI. No device changes, no network reconfiguration, production continues.

02

Issue PKI identity to every authorised user

Engineers, OEM technicians, operators and M2M integrations each get a unique certificate identity. No passwords, no shared credentials, no broad VPN.

03

Define access policy in ~20 seconds

WHO / WHAT / WHERE / WHEN — time-limited access for external OEM technicians expires automatically. All sessions WireGuard-encrypted.

04

Protected assets become invisible

No response to pings, port scans or connection attempts. The asset does not exist until a valid Key presents itself.

Use cases

Power Generation — Wind, Solar & Hydro

Protect geographically dispersed generation assets individually — across hundreds of sites — while remote management continues.

Transmission & Substation Automation

Hide protection relays, RTUs and IEDs entirely while preserving engineering access for configuration and fault analysis.

Oil, Gas & Heat Generation

CHP plants, pipeline control and refinery DCS — critical, unpatched, and now invisible with secure auditable remote access.

OEM & Contractor Remote Maintenance

Time-limited, device-specific access without network visibility. Full audit trail for NIS2 reporting obligations.

NIS2 access control, supply chain security and incident reporting are directly supported — as is the IEC 62443 zone and conduit model, where each XoT-protected device forms its own security zone.

See your assets disappear

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