Securing Essential Services & Operational Environments
An energy and utilities operator improved OT/IT visibility and incident response with attack graph intelligence from INTELINICS.
The Challenge
An energy and utilities operator managed OT and IT environments where downtime carried national impact. Security teams needed to detect lateral movement between corporate networks and operational technology — without disrupting essential services.
OT/IT Convergence Risk
Attackers increasingly targeted IT footholds as paths into operational systems. Traditional monitoring silos hid progression until physical processes were at risk.
Alert Overload in High-Stakes Environments
Analysts faced thousands of daily alerts with no reliable way to distinguish routine noise from threats approaching control systems.
Outcomes with PYSTRACE
PYSTRACE mapped relationships between IT assets, OT endpoints, and identity systems — revealing attacker progression paths that single-tool alerts missed.
- OT-aware attack graphs connecting IT incidents to operational impact
- Risk-based prioritization for threats near control environments
- Repeatable playbooks grounded in graph context
- Improved cross-team coordination between IT security and operations
The operator secured essential services while maintaining operational continuity — the standard critical infrastructure demands.
