Real-Time Attack Surface Management for a Major Energy & Utilities Provider

A major energy and utilities company was struggling with increasing cybersecurity threats targeting their exposed digital assets. To address this, we deployed continuous internet-wide surveillance, mapping their entire digital perimeter, including domains, sub-domains, IPs, applications, and cloud infrastructure. The solution provided real-time alerts on vulnerabilities and risks, empowering their IT security team to take swift action. With a centralized dashboard, the client gained full visibility of their external-facing assets, enabling better management of critical security risks, reducing the attack surface, and enhancing their overall cyber resilience.

Business Problem

The client confronted growing cybersecurity threats targeting their diverse digital assets due to insufficient visibility into its external-facing assets. Their challenge was to identify and manage vulnerabilities across a complex network of external-facing assets as mapping and assessing components like domains, IPs, applications, and databases manually was both time-consuming and costly. This incomplete inventory, coupled with challenges in identifying unknown assets and vulnerabilities, left the company exposed to potential cyber threats and made it difficult to effectively manage and mitigate security risks.

How Intertec Helped

Through a combination of Automated Red Teaming and Continuous Attack Surface Management (ASM), we conducted a passive reconnaissance exercise on the client’s primary domain and associated subdomains. This process mapped the organization’s entire digital footprint as perceived by potential external attackers, identifying assets exposed to the public. The goal was to provide a clear, comprehensive view of the attack surface and help pinpoint security vulnerabilities. The platform reliably delivered accurate, actionable insights, enabling the client’s IT security team to quickly address these risks and strengthen their defensive posture.

Business Outcomes Delivered

Continuous internet-wide monitoring now provides the client with real-time visibility into all digital assets exposed online—capabilities they previously did not have.

  • Significant security risks, including previously unidentified domains and subdomains, have been discovered and added to the client’s asset inventory, improving asset management.
  • A unified dashboard enables streamlined management of vulnerabilities, hazardous open ports, and associated threats, centralizing oversight for the IT team.
  • The IT team has been empowered to proactively minimize their attack surface, significantly strengthening their overall security posture.

Industry

Energy & Utilities

Company Size

10,000+ 

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