Use Cases

The energy sector is a target for malicious actors ranging from nation states to criminals and hacktivists. Modernizing initiatives involving the connection of traditional technologies to modern digital systems enables operational efficiencies and improved customer service, but also increases the external attack surface and the risk of cyber-attack. Successful attacks can expose sensitive customer and operational data and result in service disruption and knock-on effects across the energy supply chain. Threat and exposure management plays an important role in the proactive cyber-defence of the energy eco-system.

The automotive industry is undergoing a period of rapid change. Digital transformation initiatives to support vehicles with more advanced systems and new connectivity capabilities to deliver smart services, are driving the rollout of new cloud-based infrastructure. The result is a greatly increased external attack surface to defend. Supply chain optimization initiatives designed to streamline existing value chains introduce additional cyber risk. Malicious actors have become more focused on the automotive sector in recent years and the number of breaches continue to grow. Successful attacks can result in IP and data theft, supply chain disruption, service disruption for vehicle owners, and high ransom demands.

For IT and Technology organisations, geographic reach and world class support are integral to their overall value proposition. Malicious attacks resulting in service disruption can tarnish the brand and erode customer loyalty. Compromised code can have far reaching impacts as we have seen in a number of recent high-profile supply chain attacks, and IP theft can quickly remove competitive advantage. Therefore, proactively defending Internet exposed assets is a cyber imperative and continual threat and exposure management plays a crucial role.

The modern world is powered by seamless communication, so it’s unsurprising that telco’s are a top target for malicious actors. Successful attacks can yield vast amounts of customer information, enable long term surveillance efforts and provide a gateway into other organizations. Attacks aimed at service disruption can have far reaching implications. Operating in a highly competitive market, telco’s focus on maximizing the productivity and effectiveness of their operations, and this extends to their security teams.

Government organizations, both central and local, are targeted by a range of actors including nation states and state funded organizations, cyber criminals, and cyber activists. Depending on the actors involved, successful attacks on Internet exposed assets can result in the theft of sensitive information, the harvesting of citizen data, digital service disruption and blackmail.

Financial Services continues to be the most challenging of sectors from a cyber-security perspective. FS organizations are under constant threat as malicious actors look for potential weaknesses to exploit and adopt new tactics to help them succeed. As a result, business continuity, brand reputation and customer loyalty are never far from being undermined by a serious cyber incident.