Secure and Compliant Cloud for Utilities

Overview

The Utilities industry is undergoing a revolution fueled by technological advancements, lower energy intensity, more environmental consciousness, and changing customer expectations. A Utility system's reliability and resiliency have also been tested by unpredictable weather events, the unpredictable geopolitical situation, as well as cyberattacks on critical infrastructure. The challenging tasks of boosting renewable energy, ensuring reliability and resilience, and protecting data while minimizing costs still needs to be accomplished.

Electricity, gas, and water providers must create a comprehensive digital strategy that incorporates robust infrastructure, governance, and cybersecurity at its core as they take strides towards a "3D" transformation: decarbonization, digitalization, and decentralization.

Microland’s ‘Secure & Compliant Cloud’ offering is purpose-built for Utilities with AIOps-driven Cloud management, cybersecurity and compliance controls that ensure seamless and secure operations.

Business Outcomes​

Microland's 'Secure & Compliant Cloud' offering enables Utility Enterprises to manage vulnerabilities by ensuring 100% compliance, saving up to 25% on operational expenses, and boosting reliability and customer experience.

Our robust partner ecosystem enables customers to cloudify their workloads to enhance performance, accelerate innovation, improve customer experience, maximize safety, and reduce carbon footprint.

Secure & Compliant Cloud for Utilities provides:

• NextGen Cloud Management platforms and framework for Public and Private Cloud Operations with Automation and Analytics, which is delivered via Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) templates, reference architectures pre-built for 30+ Utilities apps, and DevSecOps powered by ready automation scripts. The solution has over 150 Bots specially designed for Utilities and frameworks to integrate readily with legacy and modern Utility systems such as SCADA, Maximo, BSmart, GIS, SCO, and more. These components enable exponential gain in efficiencies to manage a complex cloud and applications estate.
• Compliant Operations for Utilities improve the risk posture by adhering to global standards (e.g., NIST) as well as local regulations (e.g., NERC, CIP, OFGEM), by incorporating Defense in Depth with multi-layered controls, along with real-time compliance posture analytics to protect Critical National Infrastructure (CNI). These controls exist at various layers including Cloud Service Provider (CSP), Application, Network, Hosting and Data, while ensuring security by design.
• Cyber Resiliency First approach for Utilities with a multi-cloud strategy to adopt and manage cloud securely, to protect against the ever-evolving complex threats like ransomware. The SecOps analytics, real-time compliance dashboards and security automation help Utilities drive data-driven decision-making and quickly mitigate risks, while demonstrating organizational compliance across regulatory bodies. 
• Robust Service Architecture that is built with a platform-driven approach leveraging hyper-automation platforms, best-of-the-breed cloud and cyber tools, and frameworks tailored for Utilities, to accelerate business outcomes for our clients. Our platforms also allow the integration of client tools and technologies to deliver end-to-end capabilities.