Executive Summary
With new requirements from the North American Electric Reliability Corporation’s Critical Infrastructure Protection (NERC-CIP) standard looming, a leading power generation company faced a strict compliance deadline with no clear solution. Their legacy remote access tools were inefficient, costly, and non-compliant. They needed a fix—fast. Enter Xona: a secure, centralized, and effortlessly deployed platform that transformed their access control strategy in days.
The Challenge
A leading power generation company was facing a deadline to comply with new NERC-CIP-003-9 regulations. Their existing remote access solution – built around legacy VPNs – was cumbersome, difficult to manage, and vulnerable to attack.
Their Key Challenges Included:
- Regulatory Gaps – The latest NERC-CIP updates included stricter remote access requirements, yet their existing tools lacked the necessary offline MFA and centralized access controls.
- Inefficient Access Management – Disabling user access required manual intervention, creating security risks and compliance headaches.
- High Operational Costs – Maintaining secure remote connections across 70+ sites meant frequent on-site IT visits, driving up expenses and response times.
- Security Exposure – VPN-based access left critical assets vulnerable to transient endpoints, increasing the attack surface.
With compliance deadlines approaching, they needed a modern, secure, and scalable solution—one that would not only meet regulatory requirements but also improve operational efficiency across their distributed infrastructure.
XONA SOLUTION
THE XONA DIFFERENCE
Meets Regulatory Compliance Requirements for Secure Remote and Local Access
Increases Cost Savings and Improves Overall Efficiency
