Downstream Oil Gas Giant Secured Remote Access Cut Complexity Case Study

Executive Summary

Managing secure remote access across hundreds of users and critical assets is no small task—especially in high-risk environments like an oil & gas refinery. A leading energy company in the Americas needed a seamless, secure, and easy-to-manage access solution to reduce complexity, enhance security, and simplify user experience across its operations.

After wrestling with cumbersome legacy tools and increasing security demands, they turned to Xona for a simplified, centralized, and highly secure approach. In just days, their team deployed Xona, streamlining access control, reducing their attack surface, and ensuring a seamless user experience for their engineers and operators.

The Challenge

As a leader in oil & gas, this company prioritizes security, efficiency, and operational continuity. With hundreds of users requiring secure access to 500+ critical assets, they sought a modern, centralized remote access solution that would allow their small team to effectively manage security without increasing operational overhead.

Their Key Priorities Were:

• Enhancing Security – Eliminating the risk of insecure user endpoints from connecting critical assets and possibly spreading ransomware and malware.
• Simplifying Administration – Reducing the complexity of managing access for hundreds of users and assets.
• Improving User Experience – Eliminating lag, cumbersome access methods, and inefficiencies that slowed down engineering and operations teams.
• Deploying with Minimal IT Overhead – Finding a solution that could be quickly implementedand managed with minimal disruption.

They selected Xona—a trusted partner in secure remote access for critical infrastructure to achieve these goals.

The XONA Solution

THE XONA DIFFERENCE

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