Oil & Gas Operator Secures OT/ICS Environment After Ransomware Near-Miss
Midstream Oil & Gas Operator | 2,800 employees, 14 pipeline facilities | Alberta & Saskatchewan
The Challenge
A ransomware attack on a peer company in the same sector triggered an emergency board mandate to assess OT/ICS security. The assessment revealed flat network topology between IT and OT, unpatched SCADA systems with 200+ day-old vulnerabilities, and no incident response plan for industrial control system compromise.
Key Pain Point
A ransomware attack on a peer company in the same sector triggered an emergency board mandate to assess OT/ICS security.
Our Solution
GuardsArm executed an OT security transformation: air-gapped network architecture with unidirectional data diodes, SCADA system hardening and patch management program, 24/7 OT SOC monitoring with anomaly detection, tabletop exercises for ransomware + physical safety scenarios, and NERC CIP-aligned compliance documentation.
Measurable Results
"In our industry, a cyber incident isn't just a data breach — it's a potential safety catastrophe. GuardsArm understood the difference between IT security and OT safety from day one."
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