Power Giant Transforms Remote Access Case Study

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

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